The term Leukoencephalopathy is a broad term for leukodystrophy-like diseases (PMID 17414998). Leukodystrophy refers to a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the White matter of the brain It is applied to all brain white matter diseases, whether their molecular cause is known. It can refer specifically to any of these diseases:
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- Toxic leukoencephalopathy
- Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter
- Leukoencephalopathy with neuroaxonal spheroids
- Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome
- megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts
It can also refer to MLC1 or Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts 1, a human gene related to the disease of the same name. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML also known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis is a rare and usually fatal viral disease that is characterized by progressive Toxic leukoencephalopathy or toxic spongiform leukoencephalopathy is a condition that is characterized by progressive damage (-pathy of the White matter (leuko- Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter (VWM disease is an Autosomal recessive neurological disease Leukoencephalopathy with neuroaxonal spheroids is a special kind of Leukoencephalopathy. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome ( PRES) is a syndrome characterised by Headache, Confusion, Seizures and Visual loss associated Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts 1, also known as MLC1, is a human Gene.
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