Lorenzo’s Oil in Treatment of Asymptomatic ALD

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-8-6

Keywords:

Lorenzo’s Oil, Asymptomatic, Adrenoleukodystrophy

Abstract

The effect of 4:1 glyceryl trioleate-glyceryl trierucate (Lorenzo’s oil) on disease progression in 89 asymptomatic boys (mean age 4.7+/-4.1 years; range 0.2-15 years) with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and normal brain MRI was studied at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, and other centers.

Published

2005-08-01

Issue

Section

Degenerative Diseases