Rare (Jan 2024)

Progressive demyelinating childhood cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy : Assessment of communication impairment

  • Mangal Chandra Yadav,
  • Bhavani Venkatachalam,
  • Akshay Parmar,
  • M. Aparna Krishnan,
  • Reheema Thasli,
  • Sachchidanand Sinha

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2
p. 100029

Abstract

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Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare demyelinating genetic disorder occurring due to mutation in the gene ABCD1. The current case study involved detailed evaluation of communication skills including audiological and speech-language evaluations of a 6 year old diagnosed with ALD. The child evidenced severely restricted communication skills along with several other subsystems affected.

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