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X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: clinical, metabolic, genetic and pathophysiological aspects.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Sept 2012
Kemp Stephan, Berger Johannes, Aubourg Patrick
Abstract excerpt
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is the most frequent peroxisomal disease. The two main clinical phenotypes of X-ALD are adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) and inflammatory cerebral ALD that manifests either in children or more rarely in adults. About 65% of heterozygote females develop symptoms by the age of 60years. Mutations in the ABCD1 gene affect the function of the encoded protein ALDP, an...
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