gerstmann-sträussler-scheinker syndrome

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What does gerstmann-sträussler-scheinker syndrome mean?

A very rare, usually familial, fatal neurodegenerative disease, classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.

Where does gerstmann-sträussler-scheinker syndrome come from?

Named after Josef Gerstmann, Ernst Sträussler and Ilya Scheinker, the Austrian physicians who first described it in the mid-1930s.

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