Vogt-Spielmeyer disease


lipofuscinosis

 [lip″o-fu″sin-o´sis] any disorder due to abnormal storage of lipofuscins.neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis any of several genetic lipidoses characterized by progressive neurodegeneration, loss of vision, and a fatal course; included are janský-bielschowsky disease, vogt-spielmeyer disease, and kufs' disease. Formerly known as amaurotic familial idiocy.

Vogt-Spiel·mey·er dis·ease

(vōkt spēl'mā-yer), cerebral sphingolipidosis, late juvenile type.

Vogt-Spielmeyer disease

n. See Spielmeyer-Vogt disease.

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

Vogt,

Heinrich, German neurologist, 1875–. Spielmeyer-Vogt disease - Synonym(s): Batten diseaseVogt-Spielmeyer disease - Synonym(s): Batten disease