Neuropsychological outcomes of several storage diseases with and without bone marrow transplantation

EG Shapiro, LA Lockman, M Balthazor… - Journal of inherited …, 1995 - Springer
Neuropsychological assessment is essential in providing documentation of the untreated
natural history of storage diseases associated with dementia and quantifying the …

Hematopoietic cell transplantation for inherited metabolic diseases: an overview of outcomes and practice guidelines

C Peters, CG Steward - Bone marrow transplantation, 2003 - nature.com
For the past two decades, hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) has been used as
effective therapy for selected inherited metabolic diseases (IMD) including Hurler (MPS IH) …

Cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: the international hematopoietic cell transplantation experience from 1982 to 1999

C Peters, LR Charnas, Y Tan, RS Ziegler, EG Shapiro… - Blood, 2004 - ashpublications.org
Cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a disorder of very-long-chain fatty acid
metabolism, adrenal insufficiency, and cerebral demyelination. Death occurs within 2 to 5 …

Long-term effect of bone-marrow transplantation for childhood-onset cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

E Shapiro, W Krivit, L Lockman, I Jambaque, C Peters… - The Lancet, 2000 - thelancet.com
Background The childhood-onset cerebral form of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, a
demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system, leads to a vegetative state and death …

Bone marrow transplantation as effective treatment of central nervous system disease in globoid cell leukodystrophy, metachromatic leukodystrophy …

W Krivit, C Peters, EG Shapiro - Current opinion in neurology, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Over 400 patients with lysosomal and peroxisomal storage diseases have received
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from normal donors. Without treatment, all of these …

Microglia: the effector cell for reconstitution of the central nervous system following bone marrow transplantation for lysosomal and peroxisomal storage diseases

W Krivit, JH Sung, EG Shapiro… - Cell …, 1995 - journals.sagepub.com
Treatment and potential cure of lysosomal and peroxisomal diseases, heretofore considered
fatal, has become a reality during the past decade. Bone marrow transplantation,(BMT), has …

Newborn screening for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: evidence summary and advisory committee recommendation

AR Kemper, J Brosco, AM Comeau, NS Green… - Genetics in …, 2017 - nature.com
The secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services in February 2016
recommended that X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) be added to the recommended …

Evolution of phenotypes in adult male patients with X‐linked adrenoleukodystrophy

BM Van Geel, L Bezman, DJ Loes… - Annals of Neurology …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Our objective was to study the phenotype evolution of X‐linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X‐
ALD) and the relation between axonal degeneration and cerebral demyelination. Although …

Gene redundancy and pharmacological gene therapy: implications for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

S Kemp, HM Wei, JF Lu, LT Braiterman… - Nature medicine, 1998 - nature.com
As more functional redundancy in mammalian cells is discovered, enhanced expression of
genes involved in alternative pathways may become an effective form of gene therapy. X …

X linked adrenoleukodystrophy: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and therapy

BM van Geel, J Assies, RJA Wanders… - Journal of Neurology …, 1997 - jnnp.bmj.com
X linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is an inherited disorder of peroxisomal metabolism,
biochemically characterised by accumulation of saturated very long chain fatty acids …