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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The burden of disease in metachromatic leukodystrophy: results of a caregiver survey in the UK and Republic of Ireland

Patient characteristics

Late infantile

(N = 13)

Early juvenile

(N = 6)

Late juvenile

(N = 2)

Adult onset

(N = 3)

Patients receiving no disease modifying treatment

10

3

2

2

 Alive, n

8

3

2

1

 Deceased, n

2

0

0

1

 Age now

5.6 (2–7)

13.3 (11–16)

24.0 (15–33)

30

 Age at death

6.3 (5–7.5)

-

-

39

Patients receiving gene therapy or HSCTa

3

3

0

1

 Alive, n

3

3

0

1

 Deceased, n

0

0

0

0

 Age now

4.7 (4–5)

11.3 (9–13)

-

48

 Age at death

-

-

-

-

  1. Data are mean (range), years unless specified
  2. HSCT = haemopoietic stem cell transplant
  3. a Only one patient in the adult onset subgroup received HSCT, all other patients received gene therapy