Preferred Name

Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C [Disease/Finding]
Synonyms

Niemann-Pick Disease with Cholesterol Esterification Block

Niemann-Pick Disease, Chronic Neuronopathic Form

Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C

Niemann-Pick Disease without Sphingomyelinase Deficiency

Neurovisceral Storage Disease with Vertical Supranuclear Ophthalmoplegia

Niemann-Pick's Disease Type C

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000181063

altLabel

Niemann-Pick Disease with Cholesterol Esterification Block

Niemann-Pick Disease, Chronic Neuronopathic Form

Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C

Niemann-Pick Disease without Sphingomyelinase Deficiency

Neurovisceral Storage Disease with Vertical Supranuclear Ophthalmoplegia

Niemann-Pick's Disease Type C

cui

C0220756

MESH DEFINITION

An autosomal recessive lipid storage disorder that is characterized by accumulation of CHOLESTEROL and SPHINGOMYELINS in cells of the VISCERA and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Type C (or C1) and type D are allelic disorders caused by mutation of gene (NPC1) encoding a protein that mediate intracellular cholesterol transport from lysosomes. Clinical signs include hepatosplenomegaly and chronic neurological symptoms. Type D is a variant in people with a Nova Scotia ancestry.

MESH DUI

D052556

MeSH name

Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C

MESH UI

M0335789

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000181063

NUI

N0000181063

prefLabel

Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C [Disease/Finding]

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000002187

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