Alper Syndrome

Introduction: Alper Syndrome

Description of Alper Syndrome

Alper Syndrome (medical condition): A rare syndrome characterized by liver disease, seizures and progressive, episodic psychomotor retardation.

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Alpers Syndrome:
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Alper Syndrome as a Disease

Alper Syndrome: Another name for Alpers Syndrome (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Alpers Syndrome
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Alper Syndrome: Related Diseases

Alper Syndrome: Alper Syndrome is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Brain conditions
• Genetic Disease
• Autosomal Genetic Diseases
• Autosomal Recessive Genetic Diseases
• Recessive Genetic Diseases
• Carrier conditions

Symptoms of Alper Syndrome (Alpers Syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Alper Syndrome incude:

• Infantile onset of symptoms
• Intractable seizures
• Developmental delay
• Missed developmental milestones
• Progressive mental retardation

See full list of 45 symptoms of Alper Syndrome (Alpers Syndrome)

Treatments for Alper Syndrome (Alpers Syndrome)

Treatments for Alper Syndrome (Alpers Syndrome) include:

• Symptomatic and supportive treatments
• Anticonvulsants - for seizures
• Physical therapy - for spasticity and muscle problems.

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Treatment of Alper Syndrome: For more treatment information about Alper Syndrome, see treatment of Alpers Syndrome (Alper Syndrome)

Alper Syndrome: Article Excerpts about Alpers Syndrome

Alpers' disease is a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disease of the brain that occurs in infants and children. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Alpers' Disease Information Page: NINDS)

Alper Syndrome: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Alper Syndrome:

• spongioform encephalopathy
• fatal familial insomnia
• chronic wasting disease
• Gerstmann- Straussler Scheinker syndrome
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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