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Alexander's disease

Alexander's disease is the alternative form of Alexander disease.

Meaning of Alexander disease

Noun

Alexander disease (uncountable)

  1. A rare, progressive, and usually fatal neurological disorder; classified as a leukodystrophy, it is fundamentally a disease of the brain’s astrocytes; caused by genetic mutations that lead to the abnormal accumulation of proteins, known as Rosenthal fibers, which destroy the protective myelin sheath in the central nervous system.

Questions about Alexander's disease

What is Alexander's disease the alternative form of?
Alexander's disease is the alternative form of Alexander disease.

Words near Alexander's disease in the dictionary

  1. Alexander the Great
  2. Alexander's band
  3. Alexander's bands
  4. Alexander's dark band
  5. Alexander's dark bands
  6. Alexander's disease
  7. Alexander's foot
  8. Alexander's-foot
  9. Alexander-Conway polynomial
  10. Alexander-Conway polynomials
  11. alexanders

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