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Comments to Dr. H. Petit's Communication on Refsum's Disease and Refsum's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Sigvald Refsum
Sigvald Refsum*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Oslo, Norway
*
Neurologisk Avdeling, Rikshospitalet, Oslo 1, Norway

Abstract

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The difference between the two clinical pictures, heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis and “Refum's syndrome” is stressed, together with their individual variability. A review of the literature clearly shows that in none of the cases of “Refsum's syndrome” described so far have any biochemical errors been identified.

The cases with a symptomatology similar to heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis represent a challenge to further intensive studies.

Type
8. Free Contributions: Fourth Group
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 23 , supplement S1 , January 1974 , pp. 333 - 335
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1974

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