Batten's disease

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Batten's disease [ˈbæt^ənz]

(Medicine / Pathology) a rare hereditary disease in which lipids accumulate in the nervous system, leading to mental deterioration, spasticity, and blindness that start in early childhood

[named after F. E. Batten (1865-1918), British neurologist]

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