Adolescent-onset Krabbe disease with an initial diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and a novel mutation.

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Krabbe disease is a rare autosomal recessive leucodystrophy, with <5% of the cases having an adolescent-onset form. A 30-year-old woman with a history of a subacute episode of gait impairment at 14 years of age, and mild spastic paraparesis since then, was followed with an initial diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. After 10 years of slow disease progression without response to treatment, the initial diagnosis was...

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