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18q syndrome

X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD)

X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) - Parents

Breakdown while Trick-or-Treating

KateNDalton
  • By KateNDalton · New reply November 4, 2008
  • 9 replies
  • My 4 year old son was just diagnosed in January of this year. It feels like it was ages ago since we were in Maryland at Johns Hopkins and receive the LO and then to Riley Hospital in Indianapolis for ...

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X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) - Female carriers

Symptomatic Carrier

wenALD
  • By wenALD · New reply November 23, 2008
  • 21 replies
  • This would be nice if we could support one another and maybe give each other information that might help alleviate some problems. I have four grown children. My sons, 33 and 28 were diagnosed in 1986 ...

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Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN)

Where to get GTO oil?

BH
  • By BH · New reply November 21, 2008
  • 4 replies
  • Can anyone tell me where to purchase GTO oil? I had been getting it from Parrillo Performance in Ohio, but when I called last week (11/12/2008) they said they no longer carry the stuff ...

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Alexander disease (AxD)

Alexander disease (AxD) - Parents

Alexander disease (AxD) - Adults

If any One has Alexander disease as adult

Sarina
  • By Sarina · New reply August 17, 2008
  • 4 replies
  • If so please contact me at let me know what your symtoms are? Ther testing me for it and try to figure things out. WAS diagnosed with Leukodstrophy. Thanks Sarina ...

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Canavan disease

CADASIL

getting by

wordnerd58
  • By wordnerd58 · New reply July 25, 2008
  • 22 replies
  • I am a 50 year old wife and mother. I have been living with this disease for about 5 years. 2 of that was spent ttrying to figure out what was wrong with me. Doctors were starting to think I was nuts ...

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Childhood ataxia with diffuse CNS hypomyelination (CACH or VWM)

Does your child have VWM/CACH? Is it really that rare?-Worried!

Missymm4
  • By Missymm4 · Posted November 26, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • I am desperatly searching for any one at all, anywhere who has or had a child with VWM/CACH! I just recently subscribed to this website and am very impressed with how much people know on here about Leukodystrophy ...

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Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX)

Krabbe disease (globoid cell leukodystrophy)

Megalencephalic leukodystrophy with subcortical cysts (MLC)

Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD)

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) (X-linked spastic paraplegia)

Undiagnosed - White matter disorders of unknown origin (UND)

Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy or leukodystrophy

crblock
  • By crblock · New reply November 10, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • I am a 65-year-old woman, living in Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with leukoencephalopathy, of unknown origin. In January, 2008, I had the symptoms of a stroke, but stroke was ruled out. MS ...

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Zellweger spectrum

Zellweger syndrome, neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy (NALD) and infantile refsum disease.

Sam Butalla - another struggle

Samsmom
  • By Samsmom · Posted November 24, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • I met some of you at the ULF Conference, and wanted to give you an update about our son, Sam. Sam was diagnosed with ALL - Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia November 13th. We are home from the hospital after ...

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Other leukodystrophies

H-ABC

JOSHYSMOM
  • By JOSHYSMOM · New reply November 29, 2008
  • 7 replies
  • I have been told there are only 12 cases in the world of this leukodystrophy so far. does any one know any thing about it? My son was fine until about 2 yaers old and then he started falling alot. His ...

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Newly diagnosed

Newly Diagnosed 8 year old

jtw1211
  • By jtw1211 · New reply October 22, 2008
  • 10 replies
  • My 8 year old son was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with adrenaleukodytrophy, what a horrible disease. He has brain involvement, but does not have Addision's yet. My husband and I have fought with dr's since ...

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Treatment and therapy

vestibular therapy

tallcrowe
  • By tallcrowe · New reply August 4, 2008
  • 7 replies
  • has anyone tried or even heard of vestibular therapy? with recommendations from both of my son's therapists we are approaching this therapy as a possibility. just wondering if anyone has had any experience ...

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Living with a leukodystrophy

white matter brain disease leukodystrophy

johnpaulangelchild
  • By johnpaulangelchild · New reply November 26, 2008
  • 19 replies
  • I am a mother of a beautiful 10 year old boy who has this form of leukodystrophy, I would like to talk to someone who knows anything about it or anyone who has it....I just joined this website....so please ...

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Caregivers

Family and friends

How Did You Tell an Elderly Family Member About MLD?

carolrn
  • By carolrn · New reply July 26, 2008
  • 3 replies
  • Our family has recently received the devastating news that our little "Abby" (my grand niece), 23 months old, has MLD and that this disease is degenerative and fatal. My mother, Abby's great grandmother ...

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