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Failure of Immunosuppression to Prevent Neurological Progression

David A. Stumpf, MD, PhD; Anthony Hayward, MD, PhD; Richard Haas, MD; Michael Frost, MD; Herbert H. Schaumburg, MD

Arch Neurol. 1981;38(1):48-49.

Abstract
• Severe immunosuppression with prednisone and cyclophosphamide failed to prevent neurological progression in a patient with adrenoleukodystrophy.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs Stumpf, Haas, and Frost) and Pediatrics (Drs Stumpf, Hayward, Haas and Frost), the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, and the Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York (Dr Schaumburg).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 12, 1980.

Reprint requests to Pediatric Neurology, Box C229, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 9th St, Denver, CO 80262 (Dr Stumpf).

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