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The impact of severe rare chronic neurological disease in childhood on the quality of life of families-a study on MLD and PCH2.

Louisa Ammann-SchnellSamuel GroeschelChristiane KehrerSaskia FrölichIngeborg Krägeloh-Mann
Published in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases (2021)
This study illustrates that MLD and PCH2 affect mothers in particular, but also the entire family. This underlines the need for personalized care and counselling of parents and families, especially following diagnosis and during the end stage in a child with a severe, rare chronic neurological disorder.
Keyphrases
  • early onset
  • healthcare
  • palliative care
  • mental health
  • cerebral ischemia
  • early life
  • smoking cessation
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • chronic pain
  • hepatitis c virus
  • blood brain barrier
  • hiv infected