Department of Medicine, Military Hospital of Instruction of Tunis, Tunisia
Case Report
A First Case of Adrenomyeloneuropathy with Mutation R152C: A Case Report with Literature Review
Author(s): Malek Mansour, Rania Ben Aoun, Maroua Melliti*, Amel Kacem, Meriem Mselmani, Ridha Mrissa and Jamel Zaouali
X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a rare genetic disorder responsible of accumulation of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids (VLCFAs) which
accumulate in the central nervous system, adrenal cortex and testes. Various mutations have been identified, the X-ALD mutation database
catalogs 2707 (last updated on 04-03-2019) with 61% of missense mutations. This paper reports on a first case of AMN with R152C mutation in
ABCD1 gene... Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2165-7920.2021.11.1445
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