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X-Linked adrenoleukodystrophy: overview and prognosis as a function of age and brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormality. A study involving 372 patients.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Oct 2000
Moser H W, Loes D J, Melhem E R, Raymond G V, Bezman L, Cox C S, Lu S E
Abstract excerpt
The phenotypic expression of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) ranges from the rapidly progressive childhood cerebral form to the milder adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) in adults. It is not possible to predict phenotype by mutation analysis or biochemical assays. This study reports on 372 patients ranging in age from less than 3 years to adulthood, who have been followed at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. With the...
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