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







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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