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Schilder's disease

noun Schil·der's disease \ˈshil-dərz-\

Medical Definition of SCHILDER'S DISEASE

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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