Janskэ-Bielschowsky disease

Janskэ-Bielschowsky disease
the late infantile form of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis, occurring between two and four years of age and characterized by abnormal accumulation of lipofuscin; it begins as myoclonic seizures and progresses to neurologic and retinal degeneration and death, usually by the age of 8 to 12 years.

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  • Janskэ-Bielschowsky disease — Jan·skэ Biels·chow·sky disease (yahnґske byels chofґske) [Jan Janskэ, Czech psychiatrist, 1873–1921; Alfred Bielschowsky, German ophthalmologist, 1871–1940] see under disease …   Medical dictionary

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