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Abstract
The plasma bile acid profiles of three children with the inherited metabolic disorder, infantile Refsum's disease, were found to contain 3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha-trihydroxy-5 beta-cholestan-26-oic acid. This intermediate in the synthesis of cholic acid was identified by combined gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and accounted for approximately 25% of the total bile acids which were present at elevated concentrations in plasma. Infantile Refsum's disease appears to share several biochemical features with the cerebro-hepato-renal syndrome (Zellweger's disease), including abnormal bile acid metabolism.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 2581062 DOI: 10.1007/bf01805476
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Inherit Metab Dis ISSN: 0141-8955 Impact factor: 4.982