MLD treatment – what is metachromatic leukodystrophy

Amelka’s diagnosis is metachromatic leukodystrophy, called MLD for short, a disease that damages the so-called white matter in the brain. Nerve cells are destroyed due to low or no ASA activity, but children with MLD after birth can get 10 points on the APGAR scale, because the first symptoms of the disease appear between 10 and 15 months of age.

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