[2 familial cases of metachromatic leukodystrophy of late onset].

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[2 familial cases of metachromatic leukodystrophy of late onset].

Revue neurologique - 1 Apr 1997

Brault J L, Gielselmann V, Carpentier A, Lefèvre M, Turpin J C, Baumann N

Abstract excerpt

We report here a familial observation of metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) in 2 sisters. The very beginning, with only psychiatric manifestations at adolescence, could be precisely established. The evolution towards a dementia, and the evidence of a pyramidal syndrome oriented later towards a cl...

Topics

Aged
Electromyography
Female
Heterozygote
Humans
Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mutation
Time Factors

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