Niemann-Pick Disease Type C: From bench to bedside

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 561-564

  Schiffmann, Raphael ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COLESTYRAMINE; MEVINOLIN; NICOTINIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0029741821     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.7.561     Document Type: Article

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