Clinical improvement of adrenoleukodystrophy following intravenous gammaglobulin therapy

Authors :: Yasunobu Antoku
Tetsuo Sakai
Teruhisa Miike
Keiichi Taku
Mineo Ozaki
Toshiya Tamura
Chikahiro Yamamoto
Chikahide Yadomi
Junichiro Ohta
Source :: Brain and Development. 11:134-137
Publication Year :: 1989
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1989.
Abstract: A patient with adrenoleukodystrophy was successfully treated by means of intravenous gammaglobulin injections. The clinical symptoms, especially visual loss, were apparently relieved and no neurological deterioration was observed during a 18-month period following the start of the gammaglobulin treatment.

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