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[Niemann-Pick type C disease: From neonatal cholestasis to neurological degeneration. Different phenotypes].
Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) - 1 Nov 2010
Fraile P Quijada, Hernández E Martín, Martínez de Aragón A, Macias-Vidal J, Coll M J, Espert A Nogales, Silva M T García
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INTRODUCTION: Niemann-Pick type C is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by a defect in intracellular trafficking of cholesterol. It is a rare disease, usually caused by mutations in NPC1 gene, but in some cases by mutations in NPC2 gene. Usually it is present in the paediatric age with a great variability of clinical manifestations. This disease leads to neurological degeneration with various age-related...
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