English Explanatory Dictionary

Alpers' disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs mostly in infants.

Word forms

Alpers' disease

Etymology

Named after Bernard Jacob Alpers.

Synonyms

Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome Alpers' syndrome progressive infantile poliodystrophy progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy
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