Transplantation for Adrenoleukodystrophy with HLA-A and B Nonidentical Paternal Marrow: Report of One Case
1998
We report the result of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in a 14-year-old boy who was neurologically severely involved with the childhood form of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and received marrow from his HLA-A and B nonidentical, MLC-nonreactive paternal donor without T-cell depletion processing. Bone marrow transplantation corrected the excess content of very long chain fatty acid in plasma but did not arrest the deterioration of the neurological status during 3.5-year post-transplant follow-up period. Since partially matched or unrelated donors have been applied to clinical BMT successfully with current new techniques, ALD patients will have a better prognosis when they are transplanted in status of mild and early involvement. Our first experience may be helpful in more trials of BMT for genetic leukodystrophy in Taiwan.
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