Fahr disease
Fahr dis·ease
(fahr), [MIM*213600]progressive calcific deposition in the walls of blood vessels of the basal ganglia, in young to middle-aged people occasionally associated with mental retardation and extrapyramidal symptoms.
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Fahr dis·ease
(fahr di-zēz')Progressive calcific deposition in the walls of blood vessels of the basal ganglia, in young to middle-aged people; occasionally associated with mental retardation and extrapyramidal symptoms.
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Fahr disease
Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification.
See also: Fahr, Karl Theodor
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Fahr,
Theodore, German physician, 1877-1945.Fahr disease - progressive calcific deposition in the walls of blood vessels of the basal ganglia, occasionally associated with mental retardation and extrapyramidal symptoms.
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