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Clinicopathological and molecular characterization of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in the Portuguese population.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jun 2003
Teixeira Carla, Guimarães António, Bessa Carlos, Ferreira Maria José, Lopes Lurdes, Pinto Eugénia, Pinto Rui, Boustany Rose-Mary, Sá Miranda Maria Clara, Ribeiro Maria Gil
Abstract excerpt
A series of 53 Portuguese patients (derived from 43 families) born in the period 1963-1999 have been diagnosed with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) based on clinicopathological findings. Plotting the cumulative number of new cases per year against the year of birth resulted in a slightly S-shaped curve, with a nearly straight central segment over a period of 14 years (1977-1990) indicating a continuous...
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