Multiple endocrine disorders associated with adrenomyeloneuropathy and a novel mutation of the ABCD1 gene
| Autor: | Euthymia Vlachaki, Eleni M. Michelakaki, Miranta Athanassiou-Mataxa, Maria Aggelaki, Dimitrios I. Zafeiriou, Marina Economou, Panagiota Triantafyllou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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endocrine system Physiology Hemosiderosis Biology Endocrine System Diseases ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Subfamily D Member 1 Growth hormone deficiency Primary Adrenal Insufficiency Young Adult Developmental Neuroscience Hypothyroidism medicine Endocrine system Humans Adrenoleukodystrophy Genetic disorder Primary hypothyroidism medicine.disease Phenotype Neurology Growth Hormone Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Immunology ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters Neurology (clinical) Age of onset |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric neurology. 50(6) |
| ISSN: | 1873-5150 |
| Popis: | Introduction X-linked adrenomyeloneuropathy (X-AMN) is a genetic disorder that primarily affects the adrenal cortex and the nervous system. The disease shows a wide range of phenotypic expression, age of onset, and rate of progression. Patient Description We present a thalassemic 23-year-old man with X-AMN and multiple endocrine disorders. At age 2 years, he was diagnosed with thalassaemia intermedia, and he was receiving occasional blood transfusions and maintaining an adequate hemoglobin level without signs of extramedullar hematopoiesis or hemosiderosis. During adolescence, he was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency, primary hypothyroidism, and primary adrenal insufficiency. In his early 20s he demonstrated progressive tetraparesis, and the diagnosis of X-AMN was confirmed by DNA analysis of the ABCD1 gene. Conclusion This patient expands the phenotype X-AMN by adding growth hormone deficiency and hypothyroidism. |
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