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Adrenoleukodystrophy: new approaches to a neurodegenerative disease.
JAMA - 28 Dec 2005
Moser Hugo W, Raymond Gerald V, Dubey Prachi
Abstract excerpt
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD), which was first described in 1923, was viewed until 1976 as a rare and inexorably fatal neurodegenerative disorder that affected boys. The genetic defect and biochemical abnormalities have now been defined. Ongoing research has resulted in new findings: (1) there is a wide range of phenotypic expression. At least half of patients with X-ALD are adults with somewhat milder...
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