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Protracted course of juvenile ceroid lipofuscinosis associated with a novel CLN3 mutation (p.Y199X).
Clinical genetics - 1 Jul 2009
Sarpong A, Schottmann G, Rüther K, Stoltenburg G, Kohlschütter A, Hübner C, Schuelke M
Abstract excerpt
The juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL, Batten disease, MIM 204200), is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease, which is characterized by ubiquitous accumulation of the lipopigment material ceroid-lipofuscin. It manifests with loss of vision in childhood due to retinal degeneration, followed by seizures and parkinsonism leading to premature death at around 30 years. Eighty-five percent of...
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