HEREDOPATHIA ATACTICA POLYNEURITIFORMIS (REFSUMS DISEASE) TREATED BY DIET AND PLASMA-EXCHANGE

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作者
GIBBERD, FB [1 ]
BILLIMORIA, JD [1 ]
PAGE, NGR [1 ]
RETSAS, S [1 ]
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[1] UDALL ST BIOCHEM RES LABS,DEPT NEUROL,LONDON,ENGLAND
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10.1016/S0140-6736(79)91005-5
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
A patient with severe heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis (Refsum's disease) has responded well to treatment by large-volume plasma-exchange. The dietary control of the disease has been shown to depend not only on a diet low in phytanic acid, but also on one high in calories, which prevents mobilisation of phytanic acid from fat stores. © 1979.
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