Studies utilizing mevalonic acid-2-14C and D2O as precursors failed to provide evidence for an appreciable rate of endogenous biosynthesis of phytanic acid in a patient with Refsum's disease.
Daniel Steinberg, Charles E. Mize, Joel Avigan, Henry M. Fales, Lorentz Eldjarn, Kenneth Try, Oddvar Stokke, Sigvald Refsum