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adrenoleukodystrophy

Term ID
DOID:10588
Synonyms
  • ALD
  • Bronze Schilder disease
  • diffuse sclerosis
  • Encephalitis periaxialis concentrica
  • Encephalitis periaxialis, Schilder's
  • Siemerling-Creutzfeldt Disease
  • sudanophilic cerebral sclerosis
  • X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
Definition
A leukodystrophy that disrupts the breakdown of very-long-chain fatty acids resulting in progressive brain damage, failure of the adrenal glands and eventually death. (2)
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Ontology
Human Disease   ( DOID:10588 )
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