Lorenzo’s Oil in Treatment of Asymptomatic ALD

Abstract

The effect of 4:1 glyceryl trioleate-glyceryl trierucate (Lorenzo’s oil) on disease progression in 89 asymptomatic boys (mean age 4.7+/-4.1 years; range 0.2-15 years) with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and normal brain MRI was studied at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, and other centers.

Keywords

• lorenzo’s oil
• asymptomatic
• adrenoleukodystrophy