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Adrenoleukodystrophy Mimicking Multiple Sclerosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

J.M. Dooley  and
B.A. Wright
J.M. Dooley*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University and the I.W.K. Hospital for Children, Halifax, Nova Scotia
B.A. Wright*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University and the I.W.K. Hospital for Children, Halifax, Nova Scotia
*
Neurology Division, I.W.K. Hospital for Children. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 3G9
Neurology Division, I.W.K. Hospital for Children. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 3G9
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We report a 47 year old woman who was initially diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis. She has subsequently been found to be heterozygous for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The female carrier state for ALD may be associated with intermittent symptoms and it is therefore important to consider ALD in patients diagnosed as multiple sclerosis.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 1985 , pp. 73 - 74
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1985

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