Phenotypes of female adrenoleukodystrophy
- 20 March 2007
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Neurology
- Vol. 68 (12), 960-961
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000257129.51273.73
Abstract
The incidence of ALD-AMN is estimated to be between 1:20,000 and 1:100,000. Affected men may present with childhood cerebral ALD, adult-onset AMN, or Addison disease only.1,3 Approximately 20% of heterozygous women develop mild AMN with a mean onset age around 40 years.1 Childhood onset, cognitive decline, visual disturbances, or adrenal dysfunction are exceptional.1,3,4Keywords
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