Vol. 42 (5) 2021 Neuro endocrinology letters

X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: phenotype-genotype correlation in hemizygous males and heterozygous females with ABCD1 mutations.

OBJECTIVES: X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) causes cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (cALD), myelopathy and/or adrenal insufficiency in males, and myelopathy/peripheral neuropathy in females. These distinct phenotypes are scarcely linked to a specific mutations. The objective herein was to find a link between the phenotype with the ge.....