Noun: Spielmeyer-Vogt disease
- A congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death
"The diagnosis of Spielmeyer-Vogt disease was confirmed when the child began showing signs of vision loss";
- juvenile amaurotic idiocy
Type of: genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder
Encyclopedia: Spielmeyer-Vogt disease