Lorenzo Oil Therapy for Adrenoleukodystrophy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-7-8-7

Keywords:

Lorenzo Oil, Adrenoleukodystrophy, Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acid

Abstract

Dietary therapy with glycerol trioleate and glycerol trierucate (Lorenzo oil) was tested in 108 adult patients with adrenomyeloneuropathy phenotype of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD.

Published

1993-08-01

Issue

Section

Degenerative Diseases