Diseases

Type B Niemann-Pick Disease

An allelic disorder of TYPE A NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, a late-onset form. It is also caused by mutation in SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE but clinical signs involve only visceral organs (non-neuropathic type).

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Abstract

An allelic disorder of TYPE A NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, a late-onset form. It is also caused by mutation in SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE but clinical signs involve only visceral organs (non-neuropathic type).

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  • Niemann-Pick Disease, Non-Neuronopathic Type
  • Niemann-Pick Disease, Type B
  • Niemann-Pick Disease, Visceral
  • Niemann-Pick's Disease Type B
  • Niemann Pick Disease, Non Neuronopathic Type
  • Niemann Pick Disease, Type B
  • Niemann Pick Disease, Visceral
  • Niemann Pick's Disease Type B
  • Type B Niemann Pick Disease
  • Niemann-Pick Disease, Adult Non-Neuronopathic
  • Niemann-Pick Disease, Type E
  • Niemann-Pick's Disease Type E
  • Niemann Pick Disease, Adult Non Neuronopathic
  • Niemann Pick Disease, Type E
  • Niemann Pick's Disease Type E

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2007; use NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES 2000-2006

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Previous Indexing

  • Niemann-Pick Diseases (1975-2006)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Type B Niemann-Pick Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052537. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052537
  2. Type B Niemann-Pick Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50349677