Adrenoleukodystrophy in France: An Epidemiological Study

Vol. 12, No. 4, 1993

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Original Paper

Adrenoleukodystrophy in France: An Epidemiological Study
Carole Sereni^a,b, Marion Paturneau-Jouas^a, Patrick Aubourg^c, Nicole Baumann^a, Josué Feingold^d

^a INSERM U-134, Neurobiologie Cellulaire, Moléculaire et Clinique, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière,
^b Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Saint-Joseph,
^c INSERM U-342, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, et
^d INSERM U-155, Château de Longchamps, Paris, France

Address of Corresponding Author

Neuroepidemiology 1993;12:229-233 (DOI: 10.1159/000110321)

Key Words

Adrenoleukodystrophy
Epidemiology
Peroxisomal disorder
X-linked disorder

Abstract

An epidemiological study was conducted in France to estimate the prevalence of adrenoleukodystrophy, a severe neurologic X-linked disorder affecting boys and young men. 129 cases were collected. Analysis of all cases born between 1956 and 1986 with available clinical history allowed the calculation of the lowest estimation of the prevalence: 1 in 100,000 male births.

Author Contacts

M. Paturneau-Jouas, INSERM U-134, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 47 Bld de l'Hôpital, F-756651 Paris Cedex 13 (France)

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