Cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) in only one of monozygotic twins with an identical ALD genotype

We report on monozygotic twins with different clinical phenotypes of X‐linked adrenoleukodystrophy. At the age of 10 years both boys were neurologically asymptomatic. The first cranial magnetic resonance examination showed normal findings in the first twin and parietooccipital demyelination in the s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of neurology 1996-08, Vol.40 (2), p.254-257
Hauptverfasser:	Korenke, G. Christoph, Wilichowski, Ekkehard, Hunneman, Donald H., Hanefeld, Folker, Fuchs, Sigrid, Krasemann, Ernst, Doerr, Helmuth G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenoleukodystrophy - genetics Adrenoleukodystrophy - physiopathology Biological and medical sciences Brain - physiopathology Child Demyelinating Diseases - diagnosis Demyelinating Diseases - physiopathology Diseases in Twins - genetics Errors of metabolism Female Genotype Humans Lipids (lysosomal enzyme disorders, storage diseases) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Pedigree Twins, Monozygotic
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