Alexander disease

Summary

Alexander disease is a designated intractable/rare disease^[1]. It draws 467 Wikipedia views per month (designated_intractable_rare_disease category, ranking #111 of 201).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alexander disease's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease^[3].
• Alexander disease's instance of is recorded as rare disease^[4].
• Alexander disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease^[5].
• William Stewart Alexander is named after Alexander disease^[6].
• Alexander disease is a type of leukodystrophy^[7].
• Alexander disease is a type of nervous system heredodegenerative disease^[8].
• Alexander disease is a type of eye degenerative disease^[9].
• Alexander disease is a type of autosomal dominant disease^[10].
• Alexander disease is a type of disease^[11].
• Alexander disease's Commons category is recorded as Alexander disease^[12].
• Alexander disease's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/4345^[13].
• Alexander disease's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84545^[14].
• Alexander disease's health specialty is recorded as endocrinology^[15].
• Alexander disease's health specialty is recorded as neurology^[16].
• Alexander disease's genetic association is recorded as GFAP^[17].
• Alexander disease's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_4252^[18].
• Alexander disease's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:4252^[19].
• Alexander disease's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_58^[20].
• Alexander disease's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine^[21].

Why It Matters

Alexander disease draws 467 Wikipedia views per month (designated_intractable_rare_disease category, ranking #111 of 201).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]