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Female carriers of X-chromosomal adrenoleukodystrophy: a major differential diagnosis in progressive myelopathy.

[adrenomyeloneuropathy]

Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) are allelic X-chromosomal disorders of peroxisomal lipid metabolism due to mutations of the ABCD1-gene, leading, respectively, to leukoencephalopathy or myeloneuropathy in male patients. We report a family with two symptomatic carriers in subsequent generations who both suffer from symptoms of an AMN. In both patients, molecular genetic testing revealed a heterozygous c.1552C>T-transition (p.Arg518Trp) in exon 6 of ABCD1. Our observations underline the importance of identifying such symptomatic ALD carriers.

Diseases presenting "leukoencephalopathy" symptom

  • adrenomyeloneuropathy
  • alexander disease
  • cadasil
  • canavan disease
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex
  • gm1 gangliosidosis
  • hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis
  • krabbe disease
  • phenylketonuria
  • pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • sneddon syndrome
  • x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
  • zellweger syndrome

This symptom has already been validated