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Revealing the clinical phenotype of atypical neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 disease: Insights from the largest cohort in the world.
Journal of paediatrics and child health - 1 Apr 2021
Lourenço Charles M, Pessoa Andre, Mendes Carmen C, Rivera-Nieto Carolina, Vergara Diane, Troncoso Mónica, Gardner Emily, Mallorens Francisca, Tavera Lina, Lizcano Luis A, Atanacio Nora, Guelbert Norberto, Specola Norma, Mancilla Nury, de Souza Carolina F M, Mole Sara E
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) disease is an autosomal recessive inherited neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficient tripeptidyl peptidase 1 (TPP1) enzyme, leading to progressive deterioration of neurological functions commonly occurring in children aged 2-4 years and culminating in early death. Atypical cases associated with earlier or later symptom onset, or even...
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