Niemann-pick type C disease associated with peripheral neuropathy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-244

  Zafeiriou, Dimitrios I ^a,b   Triantafyllou, Panagiota ^a   Gombakis, Nikolaos P ^a   Vargiami, Euthymia ^a   Tsantali, Chaido ^a   Michelakaki, Eleni ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cholesterol metabolism; Hepatosplenomegaly; Lipidosis; Niemann Pick type C; Peripheral neuropathy; Psychomotor regression; Vertical gaze palsy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; FOAM CELL; GAIT DISORDER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SPEECH DISORDER;

EID: 0242474473     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(03)00219-4     Document Type: Article

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