Liver and skin histopathology in adults with acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (niemann-pick disease type B)

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1234-1246

  Thurberg, Beth L ^a   Wasserstein, Melissa P ^b   Schiano, Thomas ^b   O'Brien, Fanny ^a   Richards, Susan ^a   Cox, Gerald F ^a,c,d   McGovern, Margaret M ^e  

^a GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acid sphingomyelinase deficiency; hepatosplenomegaly; lysosomal storage disease; Niemann Pick disease; sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, TYPE B; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863845235     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31825793ff     Document Type: Article

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