son64 Forum Elite
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| | 08/27/04 - 12:05 PM  
 
   
 
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A 9year old boy presents with confusion and decreased school perfermance.He soon developes spastic gait with dysarthria and dysphagia.He also developes visual loss.an MRI scan shows massive demyelination of the white matter in the posterior areas of the hemispheres.What is the most likely diagnosis?
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| dimps Forum Guru
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| | 08/27/04 - 03:36 PM  
 
   
 
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it can either be 1..juvenile onset metachromatic leukodystrophy 2..adrenoleukodystrophy
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| asmi Forum Hero
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| | 08/31/04 - 12:01 AM  
 
   
 
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ALD
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| son64 Forum Elite
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| | 09/01/04 - 10:03 PM  
 
   
 
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Yep it is ALD.MLD is not flaccid.
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