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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
Neurology - 23 Oct 2001
Lönnqvist T, Vanhanen S L, Vettenranta K, Autti T, Rapola J, Santavuori P, Saarinen-Pihkala U M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) on the clinical course of infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL), a lysosomal storage disease. BACKGROUND: INCL is a progressive encephalopathy with severe neuronal loss, especially in the cerebral and cerebellar cortex and retina. Autofluorescent lipopigments constitute the typical storage material in INCL. The...
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