Probably the Longest Lived Patient on Record with Alexander’s Disease

Barbara A Wilson
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Barbara A Wilson: Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, UK

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2019, vol. 11, issue 5, 100-101

Abstract: Alexander’s Disease or Alexander’s Leukodystrophy (AL) was named after W.S Alexander, an Australian pathologist working in the United Kingdom on a fellowship. He described a 15-month-old boy with megalencephaly, hydrocephalus, and psychomotor delays together with progressive degeneration of white matter in the brain and intellectual decline [1]. AL is essentially a childhood dementia. It is a rare genetic disorder characterised by abnormal protein deposits. These deposits are found mainly in astrocyte cells.

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2019.11.555823

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