Zellweger spectrum disorders: clinical overview and management approach
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Zellweger spectrum disorders: clinical overview and management approach
Zellweger spectrum disorders (ZSDs) represent the major subgroup within the peroxisomal biogenesis disorders caused by defects in PEX genes. The Zellweger spectrum is a clinical and biochemical continuum which can roughly be divided into three clinical phenotypes. Patients can present in the neonatal period with severe symptoms or later in life during adolescence or adulthood with only minor fe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1750-1172
DOI: 10.1186/s13023-015-0368-9