Niemann-Pick Type C disease: characterizing lipid levels in patients with variant lysosomal cholesterol storage[S]

A central feature of Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disease is sequestration of cholesterol and glycosphingolipids in lysosomes. A large phenotypic variability, on both a clinical as well as a molecular level, challenges NPC diagnosis. For example, substantial difficulties in identifying or excluding NPC...

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Main Authors: Carolina Tängemo, Dominik Weber, Susanne Theiss, Eugen Mengel, Heiko Runz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-04-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520409150