Article
[Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (Niemann-Pick disease type B) in adulthood: A retrospective multicentric study of 28 adult cases].
La Revue de medecine interne - 1 May 2017
Lidove O, Belmatoug N, Froissart R, Lavigne C, Durieu I, Mazodier K, Serratrice C, Douillard C, Goizet C, Cathebras P, Besson G, Amoura Z, Tazi A, Gatfossé M, Rivière S, Sené T, Vanier M T, Ziza J-M
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) is an autosomal recessive disease with a clinical spectrum ranging from a neurovisceral infantile form (Niemann-Pick disease type A) to a chronic visceral form also encountered in adults (Niemann-Pick disease type B, NP-B). METHODS: Retrospective multicentric analysis of French adult patients with ASMD over the period 1985-March 2015. Clinical, biological, and...
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