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