adrenoleukodystrophy

Summary
Synonym
  • ALD
  • Bronze Schilder disease
  • Encephalitis periaxialis concentrica
  • Encephalitis periaxialis, Schilder's
  • Siemerling-Creutzfeldt Disease
  • X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
  • diffuse sclerosis
  • sudanophilic cerebral sclerosis
Definition
A leukodystrophy that disrupts the breakdown of very-long-chain fatty acids resulting in progressive brain damage, failure of the adrenal glands and eventually death.
Super Class
X-linked recessive disease leukodystrophy
Disease Ontology
DOID:10588
Mondo Disease Ontology
MeSH
UMLS
NCI Thesaurus
MGI genotype (from TogoID)
Related Genes
Displaying 1 entry
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
215 ABCD1 ATP binding cassette subfamily D member 1
Displaying 1 entry
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
11666 Abcd1 ATP-binding cassette, sub-family D member 1
Displaying all 2 entries
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
853647 PXA2 ATP-binding cassette long-chain fatty acid transporter PXA2
855956 PXA1 ATP-binding cassette long-chain fatty acid transporter PXA1
Related Glycoprotein
The Human Phenotype Ontology
Displaying entries 11 - 20 of 103 in total
HPO ID HPO Term
HP:0001260 Dysarthria
HP:0001268 Mental deterioration
HP:0001269 Hemiparesis
HP:0001285 Spastic tetraparesis
HP:0001288 Gait disturbance
HP:0001289 Confusion
HP:0001310 Dysmetria
HP:0001328 Specific learning disability
HP:0002015 Dysphagia
HP:0002061 Lower limb spasticity
Displaying 1 entry
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description
215 ABCD1 ATP binding cassette subfamily D member 1

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