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Schilder's disease

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  1. Schilder's disease (noun)
  2. Schilder's encephalitis (noun)

Schil·der's disease

noun \ˈshil-dərz-\

Definition of SCHILDER'S DISEASE

: adrenoleukodystrophy

Biographical Note for SCHILDER'S DISEASE

Schilder, Paul Ferdinand (1886–1940), Austrian psychiatrist. In 1912 Schilder described encephalitis periaxialis diffusa, which is now usually called adrenoleukodystrophy or Schilder's disease.

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