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Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses: classification and diagnosis.
Advances in genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Wisniewski K E, Kida E, Golabek A A, Kaczmarski W, Connell F, Zhong N
Abstract excerpt
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are neurodegenerative disorders characterized by accumulation of ceroid lipopigment in lysosomes in various tissues and organs. The childhood forms of the NCLs represent the most common neurogenetic disorders of childhood and are inherited in an autosomal-recessive mode. The adult form of NCL is rare and shows either an autosomal-recessive or autosomal dominant mode of...
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