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X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: pathogenesis and treatment.
Current neurology and neuroscience reports - 1 Oct 2014
Engelen Marc, Kemp Stephan, Poll-The Bwee-Tien
Abstract excerpt
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a puzzling inborn error of metabolism with a strikingly heterogeneous clinical spectrum. All patients have mutations in the ABCD1 gene and accumulate very long chain fatty acids in all tissues. Virtually all male X-ALD patients develop adrenocortical insufficiency in childhood and progressive myelopathy and peripheral neuropathy in adulthood. A subset of male patients,...
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