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  2. Leukodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    MLD is found on human chromosome 22 at position q13.31. [15] Another type of inherited leukodystrophy is X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). As its name implies, this type of leukodystrophy is the result of a mutation found on the X-chromosome. It is also carried in a recessive pattern.

  3. Autosomal dominant leukodystrophy with autonomic disease

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    Autosomal dominant leukodystrophy with autonomic disease is a rare neurological condition of genetic origin which is characterized by gradual demyelination of the central nervous system which results in various impairments, including ataxia, mild cognitive disability and autonomic dysfunction.

  4. Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter - Wikipedia

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    Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelinization, Vanishing white matter leukodystrophy, Cree leukoencephalopathy, Vanishing white matter leukodystrophy with ovarian failure, included, Myelinopathia centralis diffusa: This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner

  5. Dr. Jeff Hersh: FDA has just approved new treatment for ... - AOL

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    A new medical treatment that costs more than $4 million for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) was approved recently by the FDA. MLD was recognized as a disease in the early 1900s, although ...

  6. Krabbe disease - Wikipedia

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    Krabbe disease (KD) (also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy [3] or galactosylceramide lipidosis) is a rare and often fatal lysosomal storage disease that results in progressive damage to the nervous system. KD involves dysfunctional metabolism of sphingolipids and is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.

  7. Canavan disease - Wikipedia

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    Canavan disease, or Canavan–Van Bogaert–Bertrand disease, is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive [1] degenerative disease that causes progressive damage to nerve cells and loss of white matter in the brain. [2] It is one of the most common degenerative cerebral diseases of infancy. [3]

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