The child died of mitochondrial disease, a genetic degenerative illness, on March 30.

In that same year, he began to show signs of the degenerative illness that would kill him.

One of them was Peter Burrows whose wife has a degenerative illness.

She was like a patient with a degenerative illness, sinking further and further away from the world of normalcy and light.

He suffered from a degenerative neurological illness in later life.

I wonder what witness you have borne to degenerative illness and lengthy dying.

Fresh tragedy occurred in April 2008 with the death of her father from a degenerative illness.

His later years were marked by a degenerative illness, and he stopped painting in 1891.

Ultimately he retired to Brighton, where after a long struggle with Bright's disease and a degenerative spinal illness, he died at the age of 76.

It is not considered suitable in cases of chronic mental illness, serious degenerative illness, recidivism or people intent on children being admitted to care.