Adrenoleukodystrophy: a link between adrenal insufficiency and school performance

J T Bakos; P Goen; A Ogden; F R Brown 3rd; L P Karaviti

doi:10.1210/jcem.80.10.7559867

Adrenoleukodystrophy: a link between adrenal insufficiency and school performance

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1995 Oct;80(10):2869-72. doi: 10.1210/jcem.80.10.7559867.

Authors

J T Bakos¹, P Goen, A Ogden, F R Brown 3rd, L P Karaviti

Affiliation

¹ Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

PMID: 7559867
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.80.10.7559867

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenoleukodystrophy / diagnosis*
Adrenoleukodystrophy / psychology*
Adrenoleukodystrophy / therapy
Bone Marrow Transplantation*
Brain / pathology
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / therapeutic use
Drug Combinations
Erucic Acids / therapeutic use*
Humans
Learning
Learning Disabilities / etiology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Physical Examination
Triolein / therapeutic use*

Substances

Dietary Fats, Unsaturated
Drug Combinations
Erucic Acids
Lorenzo's oil
Triolein