Preferred Label : Infantile Refsum disease;
ICD-11 definition : The infantile form of Refsum disease belongs to the group of peroxisomal diseases,
a subset of the leukodystrophic diseases. Clinical signs appear at birth, frequently
with retinitis pigmentosa often leading to blindness, and with severe hearing loss,
associated with cerebellar ataxia, nystagmus, hypotonia, growth retardation, intellectual
deficit, mild facial dysmorphism, osteoporosis, hepatomegaly and hypocholesterolemia.;
Origin ID : 745921582;
UMLS CUI : C0282527;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
The infantile form of Refsum disease belongs to the group of peroxisomal diseases,
a subset of the leukodystrophic diseases. Clinical signs appear at birth, frequently
with retinitis pigmentosa often leading to blindness, and with severe hearing loss,
associated with cerebellar ataxia, nystagmus, hypotonia, growth retardation, intellectual
deficit, mild facial dysmorphism, osteoporosis, hepatomegaly and hypocholesterolemia.