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Childhood cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy in a 6-year-old patient presented with severely restricted communication skills and impairment of several other subsystems.
This case report highlights severe communication impairment in a 6-year-old child with Adrenoleukodystrophy.
Alerts clinicians to assess communication in pediatric ALD; leaves open prevalence and intervention needs.
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare demyelinating genetic disorder occurring due to mutation in the gene ABCD1. The current case study involved detailed evaluation of communication skills including audiological and speech-language evaluations of a 6 year old diagnosed with ALD. The child evidenced severely restricted communication skills along with several other subsystems affected.
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Yadav et al. (2024) studied this question. Childhood cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy in a 6-year-old patient presented with severely restricted communication skills and impairment of several other subsystems.
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