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Leigh disease also known as juvenile subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy Leigh syndrome infantile subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy and subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy (SNEM) is a rare inherited neurometabolic disorder that affects the central nervous system. It is named after Archibald Denis Leigh (1915-1998) a British neuropsychiatrist who first described the condition in 1951.