Alpers' disease

English

Etymology

Named after Bernard Jacob Alpers.

Noun

Alpers' disease (uncountable)

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

   Synonyms: Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome, Alpers' syndrome, progressive infantile poliodystrophy, progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy

Translations

a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system

• Portuguese: doença de Alpers f