Adrenoleukodystrophy: a link between adrenal insufficiency and school performance.
The combination of neurodevelopmental regression and adrenal insufficiency should alert practitioners or emergency room physicians about ALD. Although still unproven, early medical intervention with either gene therapy or bone marrow transplantation may offer more promise to these patients.
Bakos
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Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Goen
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Ogden
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Brown
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Karaviti
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D000326:Adrenoleukodystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004883:Erucic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010808:Physical Examination; D014304:Triolein / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004883:Erucic Acids; C079420:Lorenzo's oil; D014304:Triolein