Hallervorden-Spatz disease

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• Hallervorden-Spatz disease — A genetic disorder in which there is progressive neurologic degeneration with the accumulation of iron in the brain. The gene for the disease is on chromosome 20 in region 20p13 p12.3. The syndrome was first described by Julius Hallervorden and… …   Medical dictionary

• enfermedad de Hallervorden-Spatz — Eng. Hallervorden Spatz disease Alteración neurológica que se hereda de forma autosómica recesiva y que debuta en la infancia como trastornos extrapiramidales para después asociar demencia y deterioro progresivo del estado general. A nivel ocular …   Diccionario de oftalmología

• Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …   Medical dictionary

• Spatz — Hugo, German neurologist and psychiatrist, 1888–1969. See Hallervorden S. disease, Hallervorden S. syndrome …   Medical dictionary

• Hallervorden — Julius, German neurologist, 1882–1965. See H. syndrome, H. Spatz disease, H. Spatz syndrome …   Medical dictionary

• nervous system disease — Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …   Universalium

• HSD — Hallervorden Spatz disease; highly sulfated domain; high speed data; honestly significant difference; hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; hypertonic saline and dextran …   Medical dictionary

• HSD — • Hallervorden Spatz disease; • highly sulfated domain; • high speed data; • honestly significant difference; • hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; • hypertonic saline and dextran H(SD) • Holtzman Sprague Dawley [rat] …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration — Classification and external resources Pantetheine ICD 10 G …   Wikipedia

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

• List of eponymous diseases — An eponymous disease is one that has been named after the person who first described the condition. This usually involves publishing an article in a respected medical journal. Rarely an eponymous disease may be named after a patient (examples… …   Wikipedia