Progress in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this article is to review and evaluate the new information about X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy that has been reported in 2002 and 2003. RECENT FINDINGS: X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy has two distinct neurological phenotypes: adrenomyeloneuropathy, a non-inflammatory axonopathy mostly in adults, and an intensely inflammatory cerebral myelinopathy mostly in children. The two forms...

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