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OBJECTIVE: D-bifunctional protein deficiency is an autosomal recessive inborn error of peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation. Although case reports and small series of patients have been published, these do not give a complete and balanced picture of the…

Leigh syndrome (LS) is the clinical prototype of a genetically-determined mitochondrial encephalopathy. Twenty-two of 34 patients with LS had evidence of a movement disorder (MD). Dystonia, the most common MD, was present in 19 cases, rigidity in 4,…