‘Childhood Alzheimer’s’ robs a teenager's ability to speak

‘Childhood Alzheimer’s’ robs a teenager's ability to speak



Levi Ormeroid, 19, can no longer talk or belt out the words to his favorite songs. The teenager was diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare genetic disorder which causes brain damage and is dubbed 'childhood Alzheimer’s' because of its similarity to the degenerative disease that typically affects the elderly. Nervous System Health

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