Adrenoleukodystrophy
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What is Adrenoleukodystrophy?
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy describes several closely related inherited disorders that disrupt the breakdown (metabolism) of certain fats (very-long-chain fatty acids).
Alternative Names:
Adrenoleukodystrophy; Adrenomyeloneuropathy; Addison disease; Childhood cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy; ALD; Schilder-Addison Complex
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is adrenoleukodystrophy a neuro muscular or metabolic disease?
* Symptoms began mid 2008
* Have had two neuropsych exams (separated by a year) - both s...
Hi again, well I like I thought, she said the MR Spectroscopy was inconclusive, as the Brai...
- Jan 07, 2012
Because this forum is so inclusive we have as many or more people still in Limbo than diagn...
Hello,
My 11 year old son had a seizure about 3 weeks ago (his 1st one and no family histo...
Hello. My 9 year old son, Brent, has been going through testing for the last few months due...
Hello, I am a thirty-one year old female.Three weeks ago, I started having some slight ting...
My 12 year old son, who has absence seizures, has been suffering from some very unusual,
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Our 5 1/2 month old son, Noah, has a very rare myelin disorder which according to the d...
Posted By CCF neuro MD MM on November 24, 1998 at 13:02:25:
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