Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

Encyclopedia of Movement Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 291-295

  Cooper, J D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batten disease; Lysosomal storage disorder; Motor and cognitive decline; Neurodegeneration; Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis; Seizures; Visual failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649741254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374105-9.00492-5     Document Type: Chapter

References (9)

1. Cooper J.D. Moving towards therapies for juvenile Batten disease?. Experimental Neurology 2008, 211:329-331.
2. Mole S.E., Jalanko A., Dawson G. Special Issue: Molecular basis of NCL. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 2006, 1762:849-954.
3. Mole S.E., Williams R.E., Goebel H.H. The Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (Batten Disease) 2009, Oxford University Press. 2nd edn.
4. Batten Disease Support and Research Association (BDSRA). US nonprofit organization, providing a resource for families affected by Batten disease. http://www.bdsra.org.
5. Batten Disease Family Association (BDFA). UK based Batten disease charity. http://www.bdfa-uk.org.uk/.
6. NCL Stiftung. German nonprofit organization. http://www.ncl-stiftung.de/englisch/home/index.php.
7. NCL Resource: A gateway for Batten disease. Regularly updated UK based site with information for families, clinicians and researchers. Contains many links to international parents organizations, - research laboratories, - diagnostic laboratories, - diagnostic algorithms. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ncl/algorithms.shtml.
8. University of Rochester Medical Center Batten Disease Diagnostic and Clinical Research Center. NIH funded Diagnostic and Clinical Research Center concentrating mainly upon juvenile NCL. http://dbb.urmc.rochester.edu/labs/pearce/bddcrc/index.htm.
9. OMIN-Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=omim.