..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Refsum’s disease Phytanic acid Peripheral polyneuropathy Eur. Neurol. 24. 85-93 (1985) © 1985 S. KargerACi, Basel 0014-3022/85/0242-008552.75/0 Atypical Phenotype of Refsum s Disease: Clinical, Biochemical, Neurophysiological...

...) that allowed immediate return to full-time employment. The initial improvement could be maintained by intermittent serial plasmapheresis despite partial failure of the initially introduced low phytanate diet bringing 20 mg phytanic acid daily. A new dietary regimen bringing 10 mg phytanic acid was later...

... the phytanic acid accumulation resulted in an unexpected severe weight reduction, rapidly increasing levels of serum phytanic acid and a severe deterioration of the clinical condition. Plasmapheresis was found to be an efficient mode of treating high levels of serum phytanic acid. The patients have been...