Refsum's disease

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Etymology

Named after Sigvald Bernhard Refsum (1907–1991), Norwegian neurologist .

Noun

Refsum's disease (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) A peroxisomal neurological disease that results in the malformation of myelin sheaths around nerve cells.
    Synonym: heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis
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