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Variant late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis because of CLN1 mutations.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Apr 2009
Simonati Alessandro, Tessa Alessandra, Bernardina Bernardo Dalla, Biancheri Roberta, Veneselli Edvige, Tozzi Giulia, Bonsignore Maria, Grosso Salvatore, Piemonte Fiorella, Santorelli Filippo M
Abstract excerpt
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses are a heterogeneous group of inherited degenerative disorders of the central nervous system. Cases of ceroid lipofuscinosis with cytoplasmic storage of granular osmiophilic deposits are associated with reduced activity of palmitoyl-protein thioesterase-1 (PPT-1) and mutations in CLN1, and occur from infancy to adulthood. We present clinical and diagnostic investigations in six...
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