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Danish neurologist Knud Haraldsen Krabbe (1885-1961)

In 1916, Krabbe first described what is now known as globoid cell leukodystrophy or Krabbe disease. (Courtesy of the US National Library of Medicine. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en.)

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Associated Disorders

  • Adult globoid cell leukodystrophy
  • Diffuse brain-sclerosis
  • Diffuse gliosis
  • Early infantile globoid cell leukodystrophy
  • Juvenile globoid cell leukodystrophy
  • Late infantile globoid cell leukodystrophy
  • Leukodystrophy