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An In Vitro Model for the Study of Cellular Pathophysiology in Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy
Published on: October 21, 2014
Failure of repeated cyclophosphamide pulse therapy in childhood cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
Gabriella Ana Horvath1, Florian Eichler, Ken Poskitt
1Department of Biochemical Diseases, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ghorvath@cw.bc.ca
Abstract:
Childhood cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) remains one of the most devastating neurological diseases of childhood. Cardinal features are inflammatory cerebral demyelination that coincides with an advancing zone of gadolinium enhancement on brain MRI. Therapeutic options, including the role of antiinflammatory therapy, are limited and poorly understood. We report the failure of repeated cyclophosphamide pulse therapy to halt the clinical progression or alter the gadolinium accumulation in two cases of childhood cerebral ALD.
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