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Neuropsychological and behavioral disorders as presentation symptoms in two brothers with early-infantile Niemann-Pick type C.
Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis - 7 Sept 2020
Soliani Luca, Salerno Grazia Gabriella, Pisani Francesco, Barigazzi Ilaria, Rizzi Susanna, Spagnoli Carlotta, Frattini Daniele, Zangrandi Andrea, Fusco Carlo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in NPC1 or NPC2 genes. CASE PRESENTATION: We present two brothers with the same compound heterozygous variants in exon 13 of the NPC1 gene (18q11.2), the first one (c.1955C> G, p. Ser652Trp), inherited from the mother, the second (c.2107T>A p.Phe703Ile) inherited from the father, associated to the classical...
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