REFSUMS DISEASE - ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF AN IRIS BIOPSY

被引:3
作者
DICK, AD
JAGGER, J
MCCARTNEY, ACE
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[1] UNIV COLL HOSP LONDON,DEPT OPHTHALMOL,WC1 LONDON,ENGLAND
[2] INST OPHTHALMOL,LONDON WC1H 9QS,ENGLAND
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10.1136/bjo.74.6.370
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R77 [眼科学];
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100212 ;
摘要
Refsum's disease (phytanic acid storage disease) results in an accumulation of lipid as a result of an absence of mitochondrial hydroxylation of phytanic acid. We describe a previously unrecorded electron microscopic study of lipid deposition in the iris pigment epithelium of a patient with Refsum's disease, and lipid was present in other sites within the iris.
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页码:370 / 372
页数:3
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