1) Lipid storage disorder
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Batten disease (also known as Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjögren-Batten disease) is a rare, fatal autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder that begins in childhood. It is the most common form of a group of disorders called neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (or NCLs). Although Batten disease is usually regarded as the juvenile form of NCL (or `type 3`),.....
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<disease> This congenital disorder strikes between the ages of 5 and 10, causing the afflicted child to suddenly go blind. The child begins to suffer fromseizures and mental deterioration, afflicted individuals typically diebefore the age of 20. The disease is caused by the accumulation of toxicproteins in nerve cells, the root of the disorde...
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(bat´әn) Vogt-Spielmeyer disease. more generally, any or all of the group of disorders constituting neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: bat′ĕn Definitions: 1. cerebral sphingolipidosis, late juvenile type. Synonyms: ceroid lipofuscinosis
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