Fahr disease

Fahr dis·ease

(fahr), [MIM*213600] progressive calcific deposition in the walls of blood vessels of the basal ganglia, in young to middle-aged people occasionally associated with mental retardation and extrapyramidal symptoms.

Fahr dis·ease

(fahr di-zēz') Progressive calcific deposition in the walls of blood vessels of the basal ganglia, in young to middle-aged people; occasionally associated with mental retardation and extrapyramidal symptoms.

Fahr disease

Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification. See also: Fahr, Karl Theodor

Fahr,

Theodore, German physician, 1877-1945. Fahr disease - progressive calcific deposition in the walls of blood vessels of the basal ganglia, occasionally associated with mental retardation and extrapyramidal symptoms.