Lorenzo Oil Therapy for Adrenoleukodystrophy

Abstract

Dietary therapy with glycerol trioleate and glycerol trierucate (Lorenzo oil) was tested in 108 adult patients with adrenomyeloneuropathy phenotype of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD.

Keywords

• lorenzo oil
• adrenoleukodystrophy
• very-long-chain fatty acid