[HTML][HTML] International consensus on clinical severity scale use in evaluating Niemann–Pick disease Type C in paediatric and adult patients: results from a Delphi Study

W Evans, M Patterson, F Platt, C Guldberg… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2021 - Springer
Background Several scales have been developed in the past two decades to evaluate
Niemann–Pick disease Type C (NPC) severity in clinical practice and trials. However, a lack …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of different suspicion indices in identifying patients with Niemann-Pick disease Type C in clinical practice: a post hoc analysis of a retrospective …

M Pineda, K Juríčková, P Karimzadeh… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Niemann-Pick disease Type C (NP-C) is a lysosomal lipid storage
disorder with varying symptomatology depending on the age of onset. The diagnosis of NP …

[HTML][HTML] Consensus clinical management guidelines for Niemann-Pick disease type C

T Geberhiwot, A Moro, A Dardis, U Ramaswami… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) is a progressive and life limiting autosomal recessive
disorder caused by mutations in either the NPC1 or NPC2 gene. Mutations in these genes …

[HTML][HTML] Disease characteristics, prognosis and miglustat treatment effects on disease progression in patients with Niemann-Pick disease Type C: an international …

M Pineda, K Juríčková, P Karimzadeh… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Niemann-Pick disease Type C (NP-C) is a lysosomal lipid storage
disorder characterized by progressive neurodegenerative symptomatology. The signs and …

[HTML][HTML] Annual severity increment score as a tool for stratifying patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C and for recruitment to clinical trials

M Cortina-Borja, D Te Vruchte, E Mengel… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a lysosomal storage disease
with a heterogeneous neurodegenerative clinical course. Multiple therapies are in clinical …

[HTML][HTML] A Suspicion Index to aid screening of early-onset Niemann-Pick disease Type C (NP-C)

M Pineda, E Mengel, H Jahnová, B Héron, J Imrie… - BMC pediatrics, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Niemann-Pick disease Type C (NP-C) is difficult to diagnose due to
heterogeneous and nonspecific clinical presentation. The NP-C Suspicion Index (SI) was …

Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of Niemann–Pick disease type C: an update

MC Patterson, CJ Hendriksz, M Walterfang… - Molecular genetics and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Niemann–Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a rare inherited neurovisceral disease caused by
mutations in either the NPC1 (in 95% of cases) or the NPC2 gene (in around 5% of cases) …

Recommendations on the diagnosis and management of Niemann-Pick disease type C

JE Wraith, MR Baumgartner, B Bembi… - Molecular genetics and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a lysosomal storage disease in which impaired
intracellular lipid trafficking leads to excess storage of cholesterol and glycosphingolipids in …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of the 5-domain Niemann-Pick type C clinical severity scale

MC Patterson, L Lloyd-Price, C Guldberg, H Doll… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is an ultra-rare, progressive,
genetic disease leading to impaired lysosomal function and neurodegeneration causing …

[PDF][PDF] The Niemann-Pick disease type C suspicion index: development of a new tool to aid diagnosis

M Walterfang, M Stampfer, H Runz… - Journal of Rare …, 2015 - academia.edu
Abstract Background: The Niemann-Pick disease Type C (NP-C) Suspicion Index (SI)
identifies patients warranting testing for NP-C. Risk prediction scores (RPS) are based on …