Refsum disease
What is Refsum disease?
A metabolic disease characterized by anosmia, cataract, early-onset retinitis pigmentosa and possible neurological manifestations, including peripheral neuropathy and cerebellar ataxia. Other features can be deafness, ichthyosis, skeletal abnormalities, and cardiac arrhythmia. It is characterized biochemically by accumulation of phytanic acid in plasma and tissues.
Other condition names
- Adult Refsum disease
- Classic Refsum disease
- HMSN 4
- HMSN IV
- Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 4
- Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type IV
- Heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis
- Phytanic-CoA hydroxylase deficiency
Inheritance type
Autosomal recessive
Prevalence
- Europe: 1-9 in 1,000 000
Age of Onset
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Childhood
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