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peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase deficiency

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A peroxisomal disease that is characterized by hypotonia and seizures in the neonatal period and neurological regression in early infancy that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the ACOX1 gene on chromosome 17q25.1.

Signs and symptoms

  • Hypotonia
  • Reduced circulating acyl-CoA oxidase activity
  • Severe intellectual disability
  • Developmental regression
  • Very long chain fatty acid accumulation
  • Neonatal hypotonia
  • Epicanthus
  • Hypertelorism
  • Depressed nasal bridge
  • Low-set ears

Also known as: Peroxisomal acyl-coenzyme A oxidase