Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy: Atypical Clinico-Radiological Presentation

  • Scientific Letter
  • Published:
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1: Clinical photograph of the child:
Fig. 2: MRI of the brain:

References

  1. Berger J, Forss-Petter S, Eichler FS. Pathophysiology of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Biochimie. 2014;98:135–42.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  2. Kemp S, Berger J. Aubourg P. X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: clinical, metabolic, genetic and pathophysiological aspects. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012;1822:1465–74.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. König A, Happle R, Tchitcherina E, et al. An X-linked gene involved in androgenetic alopecia: a lesson to be learned from adrenoleukodystrophy. Dermatology. 2000;200:213–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Tran C, Patel J, Stacy H, et al. Long-term outcome of patients with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: a retrospective cohort study. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2017;21:600–9.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Sharawat IK, Adhikari U, Sharma S, Sankhyan N. Child with progressive hemiparesis: think beyond neoplastic disorders. Indian J Pediatr. 2018;85:1031–2.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India

    Indar Kumar Sharawat, Hansashree Padmanabha, Renu Suthar & Naveen Sankhyan

  2. Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Sameer Vyas

Authors
  1. Indar Kumar Sharawat
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hansashree Padmanabha
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Renu Suthar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Sameer Vyas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Naveen Sankhyan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Renu Suthar.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of Interest

None.

Additional information

Publisher’s Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Sharawat, I.K., Padmanabha, H., Suthar, R. et al. X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy: Atypical Clinico-Radiological Presentation. Indian J Pediatr 86, 651–653 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-019-02914-7

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-019-02914-7

Search

Navigation