Term Name: adrenoleukodystrophy
Synonyms: ALD, Bronze Schilder disease, diffuse sclerosis, Encephalitis periaxialis concentrica, Encephalitis periaxialis, Schilder's, Siemerling-Creutzfeldt Disease, sudanophilic cerebral sclerosis, X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
Definition: A leukodystrophy that disrupts the breakdown of very-long-chain fatty acids resulting in progressive brain damage, failure of the adrenal glands and eventually death.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:10588]   ( DOID:10588 )

Relationships
is a type of: leukodystrophy X-linked recessive disease