Aubourg P, Sellier N, Chaussain J L, Kalifa G
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France.
Neurology. 1989 Dec;39(12):1619-21. doi: 10.1212/wnl.39.12.1619.
X-Linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a peroxisomal disorder which affects the white matter of the CNS. MRI detected white matter lesions in 2 of 7 patients with biochemically proven ALD but without neurologic manifestations.