Phytanic acid storage disease (known also as Refsum's Disease) is caused by inherited defects in the metabolic pathway for phytanic acid, a dietary branched-chain fatty acid. Poorly metabolized phytanic acid accumulates in fatty tissues, including myelin sheaths, and in organs including the liver an
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Roles for Imaging in Understanding the Pathophysiology, Clinical Evaluation, and Management of Patients with Mitochondrial Disease
โ Scribed by A. Parry; P. M. Matthews
- Book ID
- 109266904
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1051-2284
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## Background: Positron emission tomography (pet) is a nuclear imaging technique providing noninvasive, three-dimensional, whole-body, quantitative images. the primary use of pet is in tumor detection and staging. more recently, it has been shown to be of value in assessing patients with inflammato