Alpers Disease Essays

History of Alpers Disease Alpers, also known as Alpers – Huttenlocher Syndrome (AHS), is a unique genetic mitochondrial disease. Bernard Alpers first described this disease in 1931 (Rahman, 2020). In 1976, Peter Huttenlocher expounded on the phenotypes (Chourasia et al., 2020). Bernard Alpers described the condition as a spread-out, continuous degeneration of the cerebrum’s grey ... Read More