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Niemann-Pick type C disease with a novel intronic mutation: three Turkish cases from the same family.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 26 Apr 2022
Kılıç Yıldırım Gonca, Yarar Coşkun, Şeker Yılmaz Berna, Ceylaner Serdar
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OBJECTIVES: Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease is a rare progressive neurodegenerative condition that is characterized by the accumulation of cholesterol, glycosphingolipids, and sphingosine in lysosomes. Patients have various systemic and neurological findings depending on their age at onset. This disease is caused by the autosomal recessive transmission of mutations in the NPC1 and NPC2 genes; patients have...
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