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Niemannā€“Pick disease type C
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Niemannā€“Pick type C (NPC) (colloquially, "Childhood Alzheimer's") is a lysosomal storage disease associated with mutations in NPC1 and NPC2 genes. Niemannā€“Pick type C affects an estimated 1:150,000 people. Approximately 50% of cases present before ten years of age, but manifestations may first be recognized as late as the sixth decade. Despite...

Instance of
Rare disease
class of disease
Subclass of
Niemannā€“Pick disease
nervous system heredodegenerative disease
eye degenerative disease
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