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MRI detects cerebral involvement in neurologically asymptomatic patients with adrenoleukodystrophy
P Aubourg1, N Sellier, J L Chaussain
1Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France.
Neurology
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
X-Linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a peroxisomal disorder which affects the white matter of the CNS. MRI detected white matter lesions in 2 of 7 patients with biochemically proven ALD but without neurologic manifestations.