Metachromatic leukodystrophy

Metachromatic leukoencephalopathy (MLD), also known as heterochromatic white matter atrophy or heterochromatic white matter encephalopathy. First reported by Alzheimer in 1910. It is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease caused by the lack of arylsulfatase-A.

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