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Bone dysplasia associated with phytanic acid accumulation and deficient plasmalogen synthesis: A peroxisomal entity amenable to plasmapheresis

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  1. ‘Het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis’, University Children's Hospital, Nieuwe Gracht 137, 3512 LK, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    J. A. M. Smeitink, F. A. Beemer, R. A. M. G. Donckerwocke, M. Duran, L. Dorland, R. Berger & B. T. Poll-The

  2. Clinical Genetics Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    F. A. Beemer

  3. Department of Human Anatomy, VUB, Brussels, Belgium

    M. Espeel & F. Roels

  4. Department of Paediatrics, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    C. Jakobs

  5. Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. J. A. Wanders & R. B. H. Schutgens

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Smeitink, J.A.M., Beemer, F.A., Espeel, M. et al. Bone dysplasia associated with phytanic acid accumulation and deficient plasmalogen synthesis: A peroxisomal entity amenable to plasmapheresis. J Inherit Metab Dis 15, 377–380 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02435981

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