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A group of severe neurodegenerative diseases characterized by intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent wax-like lipid materials (CEROID; LIPOFUSCIN) in neurons. There are several subtypes based on mutations of the various genes, time of disease onset, and severity of the neurological defects such as progressive DEMENTIA; SEIZURES; and visual failure.
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- Ceroid Storage Disease
- Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal
- Lipofuscin Storage Disease
- Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal Ceroid
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
- Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis
- Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal
- Ceroid Storage Diseases
- Disease, Ceroid Storage
- Disease, Lipofuscin Storage
- Lipofuscin Storage Diseases
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses
- Storage Disease, Ceroid
- Storage Disease, Lipofuscin
- Adult Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
- Amaurotic Idiocy, Adult Type
- Batten Disease
- Batten-Mayou Disease
- Batten-Spielmeyer-Vogt Disease
- CLN3-Related Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis
- CLN4A
- CLN4B
- Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal 3, Juvenile
- Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal 4
- Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 3
- Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 4A, Autosomal Recessive
- Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 4B, Autosomal Dominant
- Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, Parry Type
- Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
- Jansky-Bielschowsky Disease
- Juvenile Batten Disease
- Juvenile Cerebroretinal Degeneration
- Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
- Kuf's Disease
- Kufs Disease
- Kufs Disease Autosomal Recessive
- Kufs Disease, Autosomal Dominant
- Kufs Disease, Autosomal Recessive
- Kufs Type Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
- Late-Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Juvenile Type
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Adult
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Adult Type
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Infantile
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Juvenile
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Late Infantile
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Late-Infantile
- Santavuori-Haltia Disease
- Spielmeyer-Sjogren Disease
- Spielmeyer-Vogt Disease
- Vogt Spielmeyer Disease
- Vogt-Spielmeyer Disease
- Batten Disease, Juvenile
- Batten Diseases, Juvenile
- Batten Mayou Disease
- Batten Spielmeyer Vogt Disease
- CLN3 Related Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
- CLN3-Related Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses
- CLN4As
- Cerebroretinal Degeneration, Juvenile
- Cerebroretinal Degenerations, Juvenile
- Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis, CLN3-Related Neuronal
- Disease, Juvenile Batten
- Disease, Kuf's
- Disease, Spielmeyer-Sjogren
- Disease, Vogt Spielmeyer
- Disease, Vogt-Spielmeyer
- Jansky Bielschowsky Disease
- Juvenile Batten Diseases
- Juvenile Cerebroretinal Degenerations
- Kuf Disease
- Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses, CLN3-Related
- Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis, CLN3-Related
- Santavuori Haltia Disease
- Spielmeyer Disease, Vogt
- Spielmeyer Sjogren Disease
- Spielmeyer Vogt Disease
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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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2007 (1983)
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- Ceroid (1975-1982)
- Lipofuscin (1975-1982)
- Lipoidosis (1966-1982)
- Pigments (1966-1982)
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QU 265.5.L5
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009472. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009472
- Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuronal_ceroid_lipofuscinosis
- Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4358039