Spielmeyer-Vogt disease

Spiel·mey·er-Vogt dis·ease

(shpēl'mī-ĕr vōkt),

cerebral sphingolipidosis, late juvenile type.

Spielmeyer-Vogt disease

(shpēl′mī′ər-fōkt′)

n.

A type of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis with onset usually between ages four and eight.

Spielmeyer-Vogt disease

(sphēl′mī-ĕr-fōgt′)

[Walter Spielmeyer, Ger. neurologist, 1879–1935; Oskar Vogt, Ger. neurologist, 1870–1959]

A juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, that is, one in which neurodegenerative symptoms first appear in childhood.

Spielmeyer,

Walter, German neurologist, 1879-1935.

Spielmeyer acute swelling - a form of degeneration of nerve cells in which the cell body and its processes swell and stain palely and diffusely.

Spielmeyer-Stock disease - Synonym(s): Batten disease

Spielmeyer-Vogt disease - Synonym(s): Batten disease

Vogt-Spielmeyer disease - Synonym(s): Batten disease

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Vogt,

Heinrich, German neurologist, 1875–.

Spielmeyer-Vogt disease - Synonym(s): Batten disease

Vogt-Spielmeyer disease - Synonym(s): Batten disease