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The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses: mutations in different proteins result in similar disease.
Neuromolecular medicine - 1 Jan 2002
Weimer Jill M, Kriscenski-Perry Elizabeth, Elshatory Yasser, Pearce David A
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The neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses (NCL) are the most common group of progressive neurodegenerative diseases in children, with an incidence as high as one in 12,500 live births. The main features of this disease are failure of psychomotor development, impaired vision, seizures, and premature death. Many biochemical and physiological studies have been initiated to determine the cellular defect underlying the...
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