A rare case of Niemann-Pick disease type C without neurological involvement in a 66-year-old patient

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-20

  Greenberg, C R ^a   Barnes, J G ^a   Kogan, S ^a   Seargeant, L E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Diagnostic Services of Manitoba Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Niemann Pick disease type C (NP C); Organomegaly; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESTERIFICATION; EXON; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LABORATORY TEST; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 84930000833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22144269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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