Look up: Zellweger Syndrome

1. Zellweger syndrome
   Zellweger syndrome: A genetic disorder, also called the cerebrohepatorenal syndrome, characterized by the reduction or absence of peroxisomes (cell structures that rid the body of toxic substances) in the cells of the liver, kidneys, and brain. Zellweger syndrome is one of a group of disorders calle...
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2. zellweger syndrome
   <syndrome> A rare, autosomal recessive congenital syndrome of multiple abnormalities. Some of the principal characteristics are cerebral dysfunction, defective myelinization, craniofacial abnormalities, renal cysts, hepatomegaly, and biliary dysgenesis. Absence of liver and kidney peroxisomes ...
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3. Zellweger syndrome
   (zel´weg-әr) an autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism characterized by a prominent forehead, large anterior fontanelle, poor muscle tone, enlarged liver, polycystic kidneys, jaundice, and often calcifications in the cartilaginous ends of long bones. Most affected children die in early infancy. Called also...
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4. Zellweger syndrome
   (from the article `metabolic disease`) ...a reduced number or complete absence of peroxisomes, which results in severely depressed activity of peroxisomal functions, affecting the ...
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5. Zellweger Syndrome
   A rare, autosomal recessive congenital syndrome that is characterized by multiple abnormalities. Common characteristics include an enlarged liver; high forehead, underdeveloped eyebrow ridges, deformed ear lobes, mental retardation and seizures. Additional abnormalities may also include the lack of ...
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6. Zellweger syndrome
   Type: Term Pronunciation: zel′weg-ĕr Definitions: 1. a metabolic disorder with neonatal onset, characterized by distinctive facies, muscular hypotonia, hepatomegaly with jaundice, renal cysts, epiphyseal stippling of the patellae, cerebral dysmyelination, and neuronal migration defects an...
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7. Zellweger syndrome
   Type: Term Pronunciation: zel′weg-ĕr Definitions: 1. a metabolic disorder with neonatal onset, characterized by distinctive facies, muscular hypotonia, hepatomegaly with jaundice, renal cysts, epiphyseal stippling of the patellae, cerebral dysmyelination, and neuronal migration defects an...
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8. Zellweger syndrome
   `Zellweger syndrome`, also called cerebrohepatorenal syndrome is a rare, congenital disorder, characterized by the reduction or absence of functional 2454948-->--> It is one of a family of disorders called leukodystrophies. Zellweger syndrome is named after Hans Zellweger, a former professor of Pedi...
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