Lung involvement in Niemann-Pick disease type C1: Improvement with bronchoalveolar lavage

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-173

  Palmeri, S ^a   Tarugi, P ^b   Sicurelli, F ^a   Buccoliero, R ^a   Malandrini, A ^a   Santi, M M ^a   Marciano G ^c   Battisti, C ^a   Dotti, M T ^a   Calandra, S ^b   Federico, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classic phenotype; Niemann Pick type C1; Pneumopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FILIPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPIDOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG VOLUME; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOAM CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944523095     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-005-0456-z     Document Type: Article

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