Etymology

Krabbe disease

Today it means: globoid cell leukodystrophy, or galactosylceramide lipidosis; a rare, often fatal degenerative disorder that affects the myelin sheath of the nervous system Full definition →

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The story

Named after the Danish neurologist Knud Haraldsen Krabbe (1885-1965).

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