hallervorden-spatz disease

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What does hallervorden-spatz disease mean?

Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration

Where does hallervorden-spatz disease come from?

Originally named after Julius Hallervorden and Hugo Spatz but renamed to pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration after Hallervorden and Spatz's Nazi party ties were discovered and the eponymous distinction was revoked.

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