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Unmasking adrenoleukodystrophy in a cohort of cerebellar ataxia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Chen Ying-Hao, Lee Yi-Chung, Tsai Yu-Shuen, Guo Yuh-Cherng, Hsiao Cheng-Tsung, Tsai Pei-Chien, Huang Jin-An, Liao Yi-Chu, Soong Bing-Wen
Abstract excerpt
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare and progressive neurogenetic disease that may manifest disparate symptoms. The present study aims at investigating the role of ataxic variant of ALD (AVALD) in patients with adult-onset cerebellar ataxia, as well as characterizing their clinical features that distinguish AVALD from other cerebellar ataxias. Mutations in the ATP binding cassette subfamily D member 1 gene...
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