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Dementia from the ABCD1 mutation c.1415-1416delAG in a female carrier.
Gene - 1 Nov 2013
Finsterer Josef, Lässer Stefan, Stöphasius Elisabeth
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Progressive dementia is a rare phenotypic feature of female X-ALD carriers. Even rarer is the additional presence of further risk factors for dementia, such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, and hepatopathy. We report a unique female X-ALD carrier presenting with severe, progressive dementia, paraspasticity, sphincteric dysfunction, and multisystem disease. CASE REPORT: A 79 years-old female with a history...
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