Severe cerebral white matter involvement in a case of dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy studied at autopsy.
Published in Archives of Neurology
Leukoencephalopathy could be a prominent finding in some patients with DRPLA, explaining, at least in part, their clinical evolution. In our case, the disproportion between the severity of white matter damage and vascular changes does not support a cardinal role for ischemic mechanisms in leukoencephalopathy.
