An adult with a non-neuronopathic form of Niemann-Pick C disease

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 84-86

  Fensom, A H ^a   Grant, A R ^a   Steinberg, S J ^a,d   Ward, C P ^a   Lake, B D ^b   Logan, E C ^c   Hulman, G ^c  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c King's Mill Centre for Health Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTERASE; FILIPIN; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LYSOSOME ENZYME; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; STAINING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES;

EID: 0033055542     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005463718823     Document Type: Article

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