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A Case with Neonatal-onset Type 2 Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis: A Novel Mutation.
Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP - 1 May 2020
Uygur Ozgun, Oncel Mehmet Yekta, Gencpinar Pinar, Guvenc Merve Saka, Dundar Nihal Olgac
Abstract excerpt
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) is a lysosomal storage disorder that causes progressive neurodegenerative disease as a result of storage in neurons and other cells. Late infantile type (NCL Type 2) of NCL, which is the most common neurodegenerative disease in childhood, is characterised by a homozygous mutation in the tripeptidyl peptidase-1 (TPP-1) gene. A male infant was referred to our neonatal intensive...
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