Zellweger syndrome and associated phenotypes.

MR of Zellweger syndrome.

PURPOSE To determine characteristic MR imaging features of Zellweger syndrome. METHODS Clinical records, laboratory records, and MR studies of six patients with Zellweger syndrome were reviewed retrospectively. MR studies were examined for the state of myelination; the presence, extent, and morphologic appearance of cerebral cortical anomalies; the status of the cerebellar cortex, basal nucle...

Zellweger syndrome (cerebro-hepato-renal syndrome).

A syndrome with distinctive clinical features affecting brain, liver and kidneys was described by Bowen et al in 1964 1 and Smith et al. in 1965 2 . In 1973 Goldfisher et al 3 has reported that peroxisomes were absent in the liver and kidneys of affected children. More recently lack of dihydroxyacetone phosphate acyletransferase (DHAP-AT) a peroxisomal enzyme with a major role in glycerol ether...

Zellweger syndrome: diagnostic assays, syndrome delineation, and potential therapy.

Patients with the cerebrohepatorenal syndrome of Zellweger lack peroxisomes and certain peroxisomal enzymes such as dihydroxyacetone phosphate acyltransferase in their tissues. Deficiency of this enzyme, which is necessary for glycerol ether lipid synthesis, provides a biochemical method for recognizing patients with subtle manifestations of Zellweger syndrome and suggests the utility of exogen...

Zellweger syndrome SWISS SOCIETY OF NEONATOLOGY

Band heterotopia in Zellweger syndrome (cerebro-hepato-renal syndrome).

Zellweger syndrome (cerebro-hepato-renal syndrome) is associated with generalized hypotonia, high forehead with flattened facies, hepatomegaly and talipes equinovarus. This pattern of malformations was first recognized in 1964 by Bowen and Smith. Zellweger syndrome is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that is associated with multiple biochemical markers of peroxisomal dysfunction. A full ...