Schilder's Disease
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What is Schilder's Disease?
Is there any treatment?
What is the prognosis?
What research is being done?
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What is Schilder's Disease?
Note: Schilder's disease is not the same as Addison-Schilder disease (adrenoleukodystrophy). Schilder's disease is a rare
progressive demyelinating disorder which usually begins in childhood. Symptoms may include dementia, aphasia, seizures, personality
changes, poor attention, tremors, balance instability, incontinence, muscle weakness, headache, vomiting, and vision and speech
impairment. The disorder is a variant of multiple sclerosis.
Is there any treatment?
What is the prognosis?
What research is being done?
Select this link to view a list of studies currently seeking patients.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society 733 Third Avenue 6th Floor New York, NY 10017-3288 nat@nmss.org http://www.nationalmssociety.org Tel: 212-986-3240 800-344-4867 (FIGHTMS) Fax: 212-986-7981 |
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America 706 Haddonfield Road Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 webmaster@msaa.com www.msassociation.org Tel: 856-488-4500 800-532-7667 Fax: 856-661-9797 |
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation 6350 North Andrews Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309-2130 support@msfocus.org http://www.msfocus.org Tel: 954-776-6805 888-MSFOCUS (673-6287) Fax: 954-351-0630 |
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Last updated August 13, 2008