Hereditary ataxia polyneuritis

Hereditary ataxia polyneuritis, also known as Refsum disease, is an autosomal recessive genetic disease. Its main clinical manifestations are retinal pigment degeneration, decreased vision, reduced visual field, lens opacity, and other ocular manifestations and peripheral nerve damage and cerebellar degeneration symptoms. There may also be multiple manifestations of visceral damage.

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