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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
Stichting Vumc, Amsterdam, NL;
Margo Sientje van der Knaap, Amsterdam, NL;
Vivi Majella Heine, Amsterdam, NL;
Gertrude Elise Maria Abbink, Amsterdam, NL;
Stichting VUmc, Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to Guanabenz or an analogue thereof for use in the treatment and to methods of treatment of a subject that has vanishing white matter (VWM), comprising administering the compound Guanabenz or an analogue thereof to the subject in need thereof. Also provided are methods with which the success of a medical intervention in a subject with VWM can be determined. Such methods comprise quantifying the translocation of Bergmann glia into the molecular layer in the cerebellum in a suitable sample of the subject. The sample is typically a post mortem sample.