Adrenoleukodystrophy: Childhood and Adult Forms Compared

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-5-7-5

Keywords:

Adrenoleukodystrophy, Mononuclear Cells, Blood Plasma

Abstract

Saturated, very long-chain fatty acids in erythrocyte membranes, blood plasma, and mononuclear cells were studied in 4 patients with childhood-adolescent adrenoleukodystrophy, 4 patients with adult adrenoleukodystrophy and 19 normal control subjects in the Department of Neurology, National Chikugo Hospital and the Neurological Institute, Kyusu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Published

1991-07-01

Issue

Section

Metabolic Disorders