Head trauma can initiate the onset of adreno-leukodystrophy.

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X-linked adreno-leukodystrophy and its adult variant, adrenomyeloneuropathy, are caused by mutations in ABCD1 that encodes a peroxisomal membrane protein of unknown physiological significance. In spite of identical mutations, they can have markedly divergent neurological and neuropathologic characteristics. Adreno-leukodystrophy classically presents in normal boys with mild neuropsychiatric features, which...

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