Molecular basis of Refsum disease: Seque
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Gerbert A. Jansen; Hans R. Waterham; Ronald J. A. Wanders
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Communicated by Johannes Zschocke Refsum disease has long been known to be an inherited disorder of lipid metabolism characterized by the accumulation of phytanic acid (3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid) caused by an a-oxidation deficiency of this branched chain fatty acid in peroxisomes.