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ReviewOrphanet journal of rare diseases2015

Zellweger spectrum disorders: clinical overview and management approach.

Femke C C Klouwer, Kevin Berendse, Sacha Ferdinandusse, Ronald J A Wanders, Marc Engelen, Bwee Tien Poll-The

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Review in Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03440905 (Proxy-Reported Symptoms and Quality of Life Survey in Zellweger Spectrum Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 121 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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121citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03440905 completednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Proxy-Reported Symptoms and Quality of Life Survey in Zellweger Spectrum Disorders

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of South FloridaRan2018 to 2018Enrolled92ConditionsZellweger Spectrum
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

121 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Femke C C KlouwerDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, PO BOX 22660, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. f.c.klouwer@amc.uva.nl.
Kevin BerendseDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, PO BOX 22660, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. k.berendse@amc.uva.nl.
Sacha FerdinandusseLaboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.ferdinandusse@amc.uva.nl.
Ronald J A WandersLaboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. r.j.wanders@amc.uva.nl.
Marc EngelenDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, PO BOX 22660, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.engelen@amc.uva.nl.
Bwee Tien Poll-TheDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, PO BOX 22660, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. b.t.pollthe@amc.uva.nl.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zellweger spectrum disorders (ZSDs) represent the major subgroup within the peroxisomal biogenesis disorders caused by defects in PEX genes. The Zellweger spectrum is a clinical and biochemical continuum which can roughly be divided into three clinical phenotypes. Patients can present in the neonatal period with severe symptoms or later in life during adolescence or adulthood with only minor features. A defect of functional peroxisomes results in several metabolic abnormalities, which in most cases can be detected in blood and urine. There is currently no curative therapy, but supportive care is available. This review focuses on the management of patients with a ZSD and provides recommendations for supportive therapeutic options for all those involved in the care for ZSD patients.

Indexed as

Disease ManagementHumansMutationPeroxisomesZellweger Syndrome

Identifiers

PMID26627182
PMCPMC4666198

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