Article
The Neuronal Ceroid‐Lipofuscinoses. Recent Advances
1 Jan 1998
Abstract excerpt
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) represent a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterised by progressive visual failure, neurodegeneration, epilepsy and the accumulation of an autofluorescent lipopigment in neurons and other cells. The main childhood subtypes are infantile (INCL;CLN1), classical late infantile (LINCL;CLN2) and juvenile NCL (JNCL;CLN3), distinguished on the basis of age of onset,...