Niemann-Pick disease type C
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Prevalence (%) of clinical parameters based on data from 3 references describing 207 individuals



100
Foam cells
100
Sea-blue histiocytes
87
Clumsiness
87
Cognitive deficits
83
Ataxia
81
Vertical gaze palsy
80
Dysphagia
70
Dysarthria
60
Cerebral atrophy
52
Cataplexy
52
Jaundice
52
Respiratory failure
52
Seizures
50
Cerebellar atrophy
42
Sleep disturbances
36
Splenomegaly
31
Hepatomegaly
28
Psychiatric symptom
20
Corpus callosum thining
19
Ascites
15
Hearing loss
6
Hypotonia
6
Vertigo
1
Tinitus




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Symptom/sign Organ system Percent affected Pubmed id Added on(yyyy-mm-dd) Edit/add reference
Sea-blue histiocytes circulatory 100 % 7924073 2020-01-24
Foam cells circulatory 100 % 7924073 2020-01-24
Cognitive deficits nervous 87 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Clumsiness nervous 87 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Ataxia nervous 83 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Vertical gaze palsy nervous 81 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Dysphagia nervous 80 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Dysarthria nervous 70 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Cerebral atrophy nervous 60 % 17003072 2020-01-24
Jaundice digestive 52 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Cataplexy nervous 52 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Respiratory failure respiratory 52 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Seizures nervous 52 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Cerebellar atrophy nervous 50 % 17003072 2020-01-24
Sleep disturbances nervous 42 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Splenomegaly circulatory 36 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Hepatomegaly digestive 31 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Psychiatric symptom nervous 28 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Corpus callosum thining nervous 20 % 17003072 2020-01-24
Ascites digestive 19 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Hearing loss nervous 15 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Hypotonia nervous 6 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Vertigo nervous 6 % 17497724 2020-01-24
Tinitus nervous 1 % 17497724 2020-01-24



List of references:


Clinical features of Niemann-Pick disease type C. An example of the delayed onset, slowly progressive phenotype and an overview of recent literature.
C J van de Vlasakker, F J Gabreëls, H C Wijburg, R A Wevers,



Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - May 1994



The National Niemann-Pick C1 disease database: report of clinical features and health problems.
William S Garver, Gordon A Francis, David Jelinek, Glen Shepherd, James Flynn, Graciela Castro, Cate Walsh Vockley, Donald L Coppock, Kathleen M Pettit, Randy A Heidenreich, F John Meaney,



American journal of medical genetics. Part A - Jun 2007



The adult form of Niemann-Pick disease type C.
Mathieu Sévin, Gaëtan Lesca, Nicole Baumann, Gilles Millat, Olivier Lyon-Caen, Marie T Vanier, Frédéric Sedel,



Brain : a journal of neurology - Jan 2007