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Niemann-Pick disease type C, severe early infantile neurologic onset

MedGen UID:
1842400
•Concept ID:
C5680868
•
Disease or Syndrome
Modes of inheritance:
Autosomal recessive inheritance
MedGen UID:
141025
•Concept ID:
C0441748
•
Intellectual Product
Source: Orphanet
A mode of inheritance that is observed for traits related to a gene encoded on one of the autosomes (i.e., the human chromosomes 1-22) in which a trait manifests in individuals with two pathogenic alleles, either homozygotes (two copies of the same mutant allele) or compound heterozygotes (whereby each copy of a gene has a distinct mutant allele).
Autosomal recessive inheritance (Orphanet)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0016307
Orphanet: ORPHA216975

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinical disease characteristics of patients with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C: findings from the International Niemann-Pick Disease Registry (INPDR).
Bolton SC, Soran V, Marfa MP, Imrie J, Gissen P, Jahnova H, Sharma R, Jones S, Santra S, Crushell E, Stampfer M, Coll MJ, Dawson C, Mathieson T, Green J, Dardis A, Bembi B, Patterson MC, Vanier MT, Geberhiwot T
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2022 Feb 14;17(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02200-4. PMID: 35164809Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Clinical disease characteristics of patients with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C: findings from the International Niemann-Pick Disease Registry (INPDR).
Bolton SC, Soran V, Marfa MP, Imrie J, Gissen P, Jahnova H, Sharma R, Jones S, Santra S, Crushell E, Stampfer M, Coll MJ, Dawson C, Mathieson T, Green J, Dardis A, Bembi B, Patterson MC, Vanier MT, Geberhiwot T
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2022 Feb 14;17(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02200-4. PMID: 35164809Free PMC Article
Niemann-Pick disease type C.
Vanier MT
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2010 Jun 3;5:16. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-5-16. PMID: 20525256Free PMC Article

Therapy

Clinical disease characteristics of patients with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C: findings from the International Niemann-Pick Disease Registry (INPDR).
Bolton SC, Soran V, Marfa MP, Imrie J, Gissen P, Jahnova H, Sharma R, Jones S, Santra S, Crushell E, Stampfer M, Coll MJ, Dawson C, Mathieson T, Green J, Dardis A, Bembi B, Patterson MC, Vanier MT, Geberhiwot T
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2022 Feb 14;17(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02200-4. PMID: 35164809Free PMC Article
Long term follow-up to evaluate the efficacy of miglustat treatment in Italian patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C.
Fecarotta S, Romano A, Della Casa R, Del Giudice E, Bruschini D, Mansi G, Bembi B, Dardis A, Fiumara A, Di Rocco M, Uziel G, Ardissone A, Roccatello D, Alpa M, Bertini E, D'Amico A, Dionisi-Vici C, Deodato F, Caviglia S, Federico A, Palmeri S, Gabrielli O, Santoro L, Filla A, Russo C, Parenti G, Andria G
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2015 Feb 27;10:22. doi: 10.1186/s13023-015-0240-y. PMID: 25888393Free PMC Article
Niemann-Pick disease type C.
Vanier MT
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2010 Jun 3;5:16. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-5-16. PMID: 20525256Free PMC Article
Clinical experience with miglustat therapy in pediatric patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C: a case series.
Pineda M, Perez-Poyato MS, O'Callaghan M, Vilaseca MA, Pocovi M, Domingo R, Portal LR, Pérez AV, Temudo T, Gaspar A, Peñas JJ, Roldán S, Fumero LM, de la Barca OB, Silva MT, Macías-Vidal J, Coll MJ
Mol Genet Metab 2010 Apr;99(4):358-66. Epub 2009 Nov 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.11.007. PMID: 20056559

Prognosis

Long term follow-up to evaluate the efficacy of miglustat treatment in Italian patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C.
Fecarotta S, Romano A, Della Casa R, Del Giudice E, Bruschini D, Mansi G, Bembi B, Dardis A, Fiumara A, Di Rocco M, Uziel G, Ardissone A, Roccatello D, Alpa M, Bertini E, D'Amico A, Dionisi-Vici C, Deodato F, Caviglia S, Federico A, Palmeri S, Gabrielli O, Santoro L, Filla A, Russo C, Parenti G, Andria G
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2015 Feb 27;10:22. doi: 10.1186/s13023-015-0240-y. PMID: 25888393Free PMC Article
Niemann-Pick disease type C.
Vanier MT
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2010 Jun 3;5:16. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-5-16. PMID: 20525256Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Clinical disease characteristics of patients with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C: findings from the International Niemann-Pick Disease Registry (INPDR).
Bolton SC, Soran V, Marfa MP, Imrie J, Gissen P, Jahnova H, Sharma R, Jones S, Santra S, Crushell E, Stampfer M, Coll MJ, Dawson C, Mathieson T, Green J, Dardis A, Bembi B, Patterson MC, Vanier MT, Geberhiwot T
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2022 Feb 14;17(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02200-4. PMID: 35164809Free PMC Article
Long term follow-up to evaluate the efficacy of miglustat treatment in Italian patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C.
Fecarotta S, Romano A, Della Casa R, Del Giudice E, Bruschini D, Mansi G, Bembi B, Dardis A, Fiumara A, Di Rocco M, Uziel G, Ardissone A, Roccatello D, Alpa M, Bertini E, D'Amico A, Dionisi-Vici C, Deodato F, Caviglia S, Federico A, Palmeri S, Gabrielli O, Santoro L, Filla A, Russo C, Parenti G, Andria G
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2015 Feb 27;10:22. doi: 10.1186/s13023-015-0240-y. PMID: 25888393Free PMC Article
Niemann-Pick disease type C.
Vanier MT
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2010 Jun 3;5:16. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-5-16. PMID: 20525256Free PMC Article
Clinical experience with miglustat therapy in pediatric patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C: a case series.
Pineda M, Perez-Poyato MS, O'Callaghan M, Vilaseca MA, Pocovi M, Domingo R, Portal LR, Pérez AV, Temudo T, Gaspar A, Peñas JJ, Roldán S, Fumero LM, de la Barca OB, Silva MT, Macías-Vidal J, Coll MJ
Mol Genet Metab 2010 Apr;99(4):358-66. Epub 2009 Nov 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.11.007. PMID: 20056559
Lipid changes in Niemann-Pick disease type C brain: personal experience and review of the literature.
Vanier MT
Neurochem Res 1999 Apr;24(4):481-9. doi: 10.1023/a:1022575511354. PMID: 10227680

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