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Title: Lorenzo's Oil


lzmom - June 3, 2008 05:02 PM (GMT)
I read on line the other day that Lorenzo Michael Murphy Odone (May 29, 1978 – May 30, 2008) passed away. He had adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and was the patient who the movie Lorenzo's Oil was based upoon. Is this a form of addisons? I got an email when Zac was first diagnosed from a woman who's son has this and she thought it was a form of addisons.

NJO - June 3, 2008 05:24 PM (GMT)
ALD

This is a disease of the myelin and it can present with Addison's Disease. It has a much poorer prognosis...

lzmom - June 3, 2008 05:45 PM (GMT)
That's what I thought, when Zac was first diagnosed, I emailed a bunch of people who in turn emailed more people and I got an email from a woman who's son has this and she said she thought it was the same thing, i had looked it up back then and was very upset.




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