Spielmeyer-Vogt disease

Definitions of Spielmeyer-Vogt disease
  1. noun
    a congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death
    synonyms: juvenile amaurotic idiocy
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    congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder
    a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
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