title: Neuronal migration abnormality in peroxisomal bifunctional enzyme defect.
abstract: Patterns of brain dysgenesis that resemble those in the Zellweger syndrome were demonstrated in a boy with an isolated defect of the peroxisomal bifunctional enzyme. There was bilateral centrosylvian pachygyria and polymicrogyria, diffuse hemispheric hypomyelination with heterotopic neurons, Purkinje cell heterotopias, and simplified convolutions of the dentate nucleus and inferior olive. This association of Zellweger syndrome-like brain dysgenesis with a defect of a single peroxisomal enzyme provides new opportunities for the study of pathogenetic mechanisms in peroxisomal disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Theda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naidu
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Moser
mesh_terms: D015094:3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases / Q000172:deficiency*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002465:Cell Movement; D004746:Enoyl-CoA Hydratase / Q000172:deficiency*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007535:Isomerases; D008297:Male; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000172:deficiency*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D063994:Peroxisomal Bifunctional Enzyme; D018901:Peroxisomal Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015211:Zellweger Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D015094:3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases; C576253:EHHADH protein, human; D004746:Enoyl-CoA Hydratase; D063994:Peroxisomal Bifunctional Enzyme; D007535:Isomerases