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Clin Case Rep. 2015 Dec 21;4(2):177-81. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.434. eCollection 2016 Feb.

Mild phenotype in an adult male with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy - case report.

Clinical case reports

Morten A Horn, Karin B M Mikaelsen, Sacha Ferdinandusse, Ellen Jørum, Svein I Mellgren, Lars Retterstøl, Ronald J A Wanders, Chantal M E Tallaksen

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology Oslo University Hospital PO Box 4956 Nydalen Oslo N-0424 Norway; Department of Neurology Faculty of Medicine University of Oslo PO Box 1078 Blindern Oslo N-0316 Norway.
  2. Department of Neurology Molde Hospital HF Parkveien 84 Molde N-6407 Norway.
  3. Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases Department of Clinical Chemistry Academic Medical Centre Meibergdreef 9 Amsterdam 1105 AZ The Netherlands.
  4. Department of Neurology University Hospital of Northern Norway Tromsø N-9038 Norway; Department of Clinical Medicine UiT the Arctic University of Norway PO Box 6050 Langnes N-9037 Tromsø Norway.
  5. Department of Medical Genetics Oslo University Hospital N-0424 Oslo Norway.

PMID: 26862418 PMCID: PMC4736514 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.434

Abstract

X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy may present with a deceptively mild phenotype, even in adult males. Tight collaboration between clinicians, geneticists, biochemists, and other specialists is increasingly required for clarification of diagnosis in cases with atypical presentation.

Keywords: Adrenomyeloneuropathy; Parkinson's disease; X‐linked adrenoleukodystrophy; leukodystrophy; myelopathy; phenotype

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