Alpers' disease is a rare disorder. Due to complications related to the diagnosis of Alpers' disease, it is difficult to estimate how often it occurs in the population. Both genders are affected with equal frequency.
Alpers' disease is a rare, progressive neurological disorder that primarily affects children and young adults. It is characterized by seizures, liver dysfunction, and developmental regression. The condition is caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA.
Demographics
Von Hippel-Lindau disease affects both men and women equally. It has an estimated incidence of about 1 in 36,000 live births and is seen in all ethnic groups worldwide. The condition is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, meaning that a child only needs to inherit one copy of the altered gene to develop the disease.
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Alpers' disease is a rare, progressive neurological disorder that primarily affects children and young adults. It is characterized by seizures, liver dysfunction, and developmental regression. The condition is caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA.
Children with Alpers' disease usually develop symptoms between the ages of three months and five years old. Initially, the first symptom early in life is seizures (convulsions). These children tend to be hypotonic.
The prognosis for children with Alpers' disease is poor. Affected individuals typically die within the first decade of life, but in some cases of rapid progression, death can occur in as little as a few months after symptoms become apparent.
Jonathan Alpers's birth name is Jonathan Lawrence Alpers.
There is no cure for Alpers'disease. Also, there is currently no treatment that will slow the progression of the disease. Therefore, treatment is aimed at symptoms such as the seizures.
Friedrich Alpers died in 1944.
Friedrich Alpers was born in 1901.
Jacqueline Alpers goes by Jackie.
Hans Joachim Alpers died in 2011.
Hans Joachim Alpers was born in 1943.
Oscar Thorwald Johan Alpers died in 1927.
Oscar Thorwald Johan Alpers was born in 1867.