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What is metachromatic leukodystrophy?

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Specializes in Psychiatry

MLD: Is a lysosomal storage disease affecting myelin growth, the insulator of nerve fibers, affecting lipid metabolism. It leads to progressive dementia in adults.

Answered 3/24/2015

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