The natural history of Niemann–Pick disease type C in the UK

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Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is an autosomal recessive, neurovisceral lipid storage disorder. Mutations in two genes (NPC1 and NPC2) produce indistinguishable clinical phenotypes by biochemical mechanisms that have not yet been entirely clarified. The wide spectrum of clinical presentations of NPC includes hepatic and pulmonary disease as well as a range of neuropsychiatric disorders. Late-onset disease has...

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