Marchiafava-Bignami disease

English

Etymology

First described in 1903 by the Italian pathologists Amico Bignami and Ettore Marchiafava.

Noun

Marchiafava-Bignami disease (uncountable)

  1. A progressive neurological disease of alcohol use disorder or malnutrition, characterized by corpus callosum demyelination and necrosis and subsequent atrophy.
    Synonym: MBD
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