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[Metachromatic leukodystrophy symptoms in an adult. Case report]
Tomasz Litwin1, Maria Barańska-Gieruszczak, Joanna Seniów
1II Kliniki Neurologii Instytutu Psychiatrii i Neurologii w Warszawie. tomlit@medprakt.pl
Neurologia I Neurochirurgia Polska
|June 11, 2002
Abstract:
Metachromatic leukodystrophy is a genetic metabolic disease which generally occurs in childhood, surprisingly it can also occur during adulthood. Adult forms have very often characteristic presentations with progressive dementia. The authors presented a case of metachromatic leukodystrophy in an adult, differential diagnosis and examinations which possible made diagnosis.