Adrenoleukodystrophy and Encephalitis Write a 3 page paper on the two diseases featured in the movies in Lorenzo's Oil and The Awakenings. Works Cited included.

Hollywood makes a lot of movies dealing with a lot of different things. Hollywood has done several movies dealing with the medical field. One of them is Lorenzo's Oil that talks about adrenoleukodystropy. Another is The Awakenings, which talks about encephalities lethargica. Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is an X-linked genetic disorder. This means that only girls have the gene for the ALD and they pass it on to all their children but it only affects the boys …

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