Disease modifying treatment available:
Time critical diagnosis and management:
Lateralising:
The term leukodystrophy is used to refer to disease of the white matter of genetic origin.
These disorders fall within the broader class of white matter diseases.
| Supercategory | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White matter disease |
| Disorder | Clinical features | Associated features | Investigations | Disease modifying treatment available | Time critical |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy |
Adrenomyeloneuropathy |
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| Alexander disease | |||||
| Metachromatic leukodystrophy | |||||
| Canavan disease | |||||
| Leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation | |||||
| Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease |
| Laboratory Investigation | Result |
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