It is an X-linked recessive disorder.
Adrenoleukodystrophy is a degenerative genetic disease in which myelin is lost from nerve cells in the brain.
ALD (adrenoleukodystrophy) affects an estimated 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 50,000 people, varying based on geographic location and population. It is an inherited disorder that primarily affects males.
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It was discovered by Haperfield and Spieler. ;)
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That is the correct spelling of "adrenoleukodystrophy" (also called Siemerling-Creutzfeldt Disease and adrenomyeloneuropathy) a disorder affecting myelin sheaths in the nervous system.
10 billion percent!!
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The United Leukodystrophy Foundation (see related links) mentions an x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, as well as other adrenoleukodystrophies that have multiple possible genetic causes.
It affects 1 in 20,000 men
it is x linked an dpass down by the mother