Medical Definition of Merzbacher-Pelizaeus disease

1. A sudanophilic leukodystrophy with a tigroid appearance of the myelin resulting from patchy demyelination. Type 1-classic, nystagmus and tremor appearing in the first few months of life, followed by slow motor development sometimes with choreoathetosis, spasticity, optic atrophy and seizures, with death in early adulthood, X-linked recessive inheritance; type 2-contralateral form with death in months to years after birth, X-linked recessive inheritance; type 3-transitional, with death in the first decade; type 4-adult form associated with involuntary movements, ataxia and hyperreflexia, but without nystagmus; type 5-variant forms. Cockayne is sometimes included as a sixth form. Synonym: Merzbacher-Pelizaeus disease. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Merzbacher-Pelizaeus Disease

Meru
Meruimenti
Merutig
Merv
Merveilleuse
Merveilleuses
Mervyn
Mery's gland
Merya
Meryam Mir
Meryl
Meryl Streep
Meryta
Meryta sinclairii
Merzbacher
Merzbacher-Pelizaeus disease (current term)
Merzifon
Mesa
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesabi Range
Mesantoin
Mesasamkranti
Mescalero
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Mesembryanthemum edule
Mesgegra
Meshach
Meshed
Mesicke
Meskwaki

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