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Impact and burden of acid sphingomyelinase deficiency from a patient and caregiver perspective

Scientific Reports, 2021
Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD), historically known as Niemann–Pick disease (NPD) types A, A/B, and B, is a rare, progressive, potentially fatal lysosomal storage disease with a spectrum of phenotypes.
Robin Pokrzywinski, Asha Hareendran, Luba Nalysnyk, Sandy Cowie, Joslyn Crowe, Justin Hopkin, Dhaivat Joshi, Ruth Pulikottil-Jacob   +7 more
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Health insurance literacy and health services access barriers in Niemann–Pick disease: the patient and caregiver voice

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022
Background Major challenges to health care access include low health insurance literacy, prohibitive costs, and insurance barriers. Niemann–Pick disease (NPD), comprising acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) and Niemann–Pick type C (NPC), is a group ...
George A. Diaz, Joslyn Crowe, Justin Hopkin   +2 more
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Niemann-Pick disease type C with kidney involvement

Human Pathology: Case Reports, 2021
Niemann-Pick disease type C is a lysosomal storage disease characterized by defects in lipid trafficking, typically involving the liver, spleen, and central nervous system. Only rare reports of renal involvement of Niemann-Pick disease have been reported
Aanand A. Patel, Anthony Sisk, Jonathan E. Zuckerman   +2 more
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Impacts and Burden of Niemann pick Type-C: a patient and caregiver perspective

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021
Background Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a debilitating condition that impacts patients’ and caregivers’ quality of life (QOL) and reduces the patient’s life expectancy.
Eugen Mengel, Marc C. Patterson, Michael Chladek, Christina Guldberg, Christine í Dali, Tara Symonds, Lucy Lloyd-Price, Toni Mathieson, Joslyn Crowe, Claire Burbridge   +9 more
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Case Report: Be Aware of “New” Features of Niemann–Pick Disease: Insights From Two Pediatric Cases

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
Niemann–Pick disease is a relatively common lysosomal storage disease. Cholestatic liver disease is a typical clinical phenotype of Niemann–Pick disease in infancy. The diagnosis is traditionally based on Niemann–Pick cells in bone marrow smears or liver
Fan Chen, Shan Guo, Xuesong Li, Shengxuan Liu, Li Wang, Victor Wei Zhang, Hui Xu, Zhihua Huang, Yanqin Ying, Sainan Shu   +9 more
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Clinical disease characteristics of patients with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C: findings from the International Niemann-Pick Disease Registry (INPDR)

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022
Background Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC) is an autosomal recessive rare disease characterised by progressive neurovisceral manifestations. The collection of on-going large-scale NPC clinical data may generate better understandings of the natural ...
Shaun C. Bolton, Vina Soran, Mercedes Pineda Marfa, Jackie Imrie, Paul Gissen, Helena Jahnova, Reena Sharma, Simon Jones, Saikat Santra, Ellen Crushell, Miriam Stampfer, Maria Jose Coll, Charlotte Dawson, Toni Mathieson, James Green, Andrea Dardis, Bruno Bembi, Marc C. Patterson, Marie T. Vanier, Tarekegn Geberhiwot   +19 more
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Peripheral neuropathy as a very rare symptom in a patient with Niemann–Pick type C with negative enzymatic evaluation: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Niemann–Pick is a rare metabolic disease distinguished by lysosomal storage defects. This disease is characterized by sphingomyelinase acid deficiency, causing its accumulation in various organs such as the kidneys, spleen, liver, brain, and ...
Mohammad Barzegar, Fatemeh Valaee, Shadi Ghoreishizadeh   +2 more
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Niemann-Pick Disease: Seven Questions about it

Вопросы современной педиатрии, 2023
Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency is a rare hereditary disease caused by enzyme deficiency due to mutations in the SMPD1 gene. Decreased enzyme activity leads to accumulation of sphingomyelin in lysosomes.
Nato D. Vashakmadze, Nataliya V. Zhurkova   +1 more
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Current advancements in therapy for Niemann-Pick disease: progress and pitfalls

, 2023
INTRODUCTION Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a rare, autosomal recessive, lysosomal storage disorder. To combat the progressive neurodegeneration in NPC, disease-modifying treatment needs to be introduced early in the course of the disease.
Tatiana Bremova-Ertl, Schneider, Susanne, Susanne Schneider, Bremova-Ertl, Tatiana   +3 more
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Defective iron homeostasis and haematological abnormalities in Niemann-Pick disease type C1

, 2022
An investigation of iron-related parameters and haematological parameters in a mouse model of Niemann-Pick disease type C1 and in Niemann-Pick disease type C1 ...
Stephan Siebel, Oscar C.W Chen, Stephanie Newman, Nicole Y. Farhat, Elena-Raluca Nicoli, Hal Drakesmith, Alaa Abdul-Sada, Andrew E. Armitage, George Seligmann, Forbes D. Porter, Alexandria Colaco, Mylvaganam Jeyakumar, David A. Smith, Frances M. Platt, Dawn Shepherd, Claire Smith, Nick Platt   +16 more
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