scholarly journals Lorenzo's Oil

2020 ◽  
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Lorenzo’S Oil

LORENZO'S OIL WITH DIET THERAPY DOES NOT AFFECT THE GROWTH OF ASYMPTOMATIC ALD BOYS

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (S 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Mahmood ◽  
N Brereton ◽  
R Jones ◽  
A Moser ◽  
GV Raymond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diet Therapy ◽  
Lorenzo’S Oil

Lorenzo's oil: A reassessment

1994 ◽  
Vol 160 (6) ◽  
pp. 315-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred Poulos ◽  
Evelyn F Robertson
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Lorenzo’S Oil

LORENZO'S OIL AND ADENOLEUKODYSTROPHY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 755-755
Author(s):  
J. F. L.
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Hereditary Disease ◽  
The Other ◽  
Medical Establishment ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Natural Oils ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
Important Symptom ◽  
Lorenzo’S Oil

The new movie "Lorenzo's Oil" tells how the parents of a child with a rare illness overcame indifference in the medical establishment and, by themselves, invented a cure. The message is that medical science has become detached from the needs of those it serves, but that individuals can leap bureaucratic impediments to find new cures with their own faith and efforts ... According to the movie and the account of the parents, Augusto and Michaela Odone of Fairfax, Va., they refused to accept doctors' advice that there was no hope for their son, Lorenzo, after they were told in 1984 that he was suffering from a rare hereditary disease known as adenoleukodystrophy ... ... they defied the medical establishment's pessimism, read obscure medical journals and figured that a mixture of two natural oils, known as erucic and oleic acids, would correct an important symptom of the disease ... Dr. Rizzo began the first pilot study of the oil in August 1987. Six of 8 boys in the study deteriorated rapidly. The other two seemed to stabilize for a time, but one has now had a relapse and investigators have lost contact with the other. In a study by Dr. Hugo Moser of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 70 children with the rapidly progressing disease used the oil from the time of their first symptoms until they lost sight and movement. The oil, Dr. Moser concluded, "did not make any difference." Dr. Moser said that so far he had seen no evidence that Lorenzo's disease could be prevented in boys who were otherwise destined to get it ...

Thrombocytopenia associated with use of Lorenzo's oil

1993 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian C. Chai ◽  
Kerry Siminoski
Keyword(s):  
Lorenzo’S Oil

scholarly journals Effect of Lorenzo’s Oil on Hepatic Gene Expression and the Serum Fatty Acid Level in abcd1-Deficient Mice

2017 ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masashi Morita ◽  
Ayako Honda ◽  
Akira Kobayashi ◽  
Yuichi Watanabe ◽  
Shiro Watanabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Acid Level ◽  
Hepatic Gene Expression ◽  
Fatty Acid Level ◽  
Serum Fatty Acid ◽  
Lorenzo’S Oil ◽  
Deficient Mice
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