Refsum's disease

English

Alternative forms

• Refsum disease

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