Batten disease: four genes and still counting.

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The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs, also known as Batten disease) are the most common childhood neurodegenerative disease. They are a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the accumulation of autofluorescent storage material in many cell types. Clinical features include seizures, psychomotor deterioration, and blindness, the ages and order of onset of which differ for each NCL...

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