Niemann-Pick disease type C

General Information (adopted from Orphanet):

Synonyms, Signs:
Number of Symptoms 50
OrphanetNr: 646
OMIM Id: 257220
607625
ICD-10: E75.2
UMLs: C0220756
MeSH: D052556
MedDRA:
Snomed: 66751000

Prevalence, inheritance and age of onset:

Prevalence: 1 of 100 000 [Orphanet]
Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
[Orphanet]
Age of onset: All ages
[Orphanet]

Disease classification (adopted from Orphanet):

Parent Diseases: Cerebral lipidosis with dementia
 -Rare genetic disease
 -Rare neurologic disease
Genetic neurodegenerative disease
 -Rare genetic disease
Lipid storage disease
 -Rare genetic disease
Neurometabolic disease
 -Rare genetic disease
 -Rare neurologic disease
Rare neurodegenerative disease
 -Rare neurologic disease
Secondary interstitial lung disease in childhood and adulthood associated with a metabolic disease
 -Rare respiratory disease
Sphingolipidosis with epilepsy
 -Rare neurologic disease
Supranuclear oculomotor palsy
 -Rare eye disease
 -Rare genetic disease
Unclassified primitive or secondary maculopathy
 -Rare eye disease
 -Rare genetic disease

Symptom Information: Sort by abundance 

1
(HPO:0000643) Blepharospasm Very frequent [Orphanet] 20 / 7739
2
(HPO:0000473) Torticollis Very frequent [Orphanet] 42 / 7739
3
(HPO:0002321) Vertigo Very frequent [Orphanet] 58 / 7739
4
(HPO:0007256) Abnormal pyramidal signs Occasional [Orphanet] 116 / 7739
5
(HPO:0001337) Tremor Occasional [Orphanet] 200 / 7739
6
(HPO:0002072) Chorea Occasional [Orphanet] 53 / 7739
7
(HPO:0000726) Dementia Very frequent [Orphanet] 131 / 7739
8
(HPO:0001270) Motor delay Very frequent [Orphanet] 322 / 7739
9
(HPO:0001251) Ataxia Very frequent [Orphanet] hallmark [HPO] 413 / 7739
10
(HPO:0001249) Intellectual disability Very frequent [Orphanet] 1089 / 7739
11
(HPO:0001328) Specific learning disability Very frequent [Orphanet] 114 / 7739
12
(HPO:0002311) Incoordination Very frequent [Orphanet] 84 / 7739
13
(HPO:0001332) Dystonia Very frequent [Orphanet] 197 / 7739
14
(HPO:0001266) Choreoathetosis Occasional [Orphanet] 57 / 7739
15
(HPO:0010529) Echolalia Frequent [Orphanet] 20 / 7739
16
(HPO:0002356) Writer's cramp Very frequent [Orphanet] 16 / 7739
17
(HPO:0002133) Status epilepticus Occasional [Orphanet] 59 / 7739
18
(HPO:0002305) Athetosis Occasional [Orphanet] 31 / 7739
19
(HPO:0002167) Neurological speech impairment Frequent [Orphanet] 308 / 7739
20
(HPO:0002357) Dysphasia Frequent [Orphanet] 33 / 7739
21
(HPO:0001263) Global developmental delay Very frequent [Orphanet] 853 / 7739
22
(HPO:0002376) Developmental regression Very frequent [Orphanet] 74 / 7739
23
(HPO:0001250) Seizures Occasional [Orphanet] 1245 / 7739
24
(HPO:0011097) Epileptic spasms Occasional [Orphanet] 45 / 7739
25
(HPO:0002360) Sleep disturbance Frequent [Orphanet] 113 / 7739
26
(HPO:0002066) Gait ataxia Very frequent [Orphanet] hallmark [HPO] 327 / 7739
27
(HPO:0001288) Gait disturbance Very frequent [Orphanet] 318 / 7739
28
(HPO:0002015) Dysphagia Frequent [Orphanet] 301 / 7739
29
(HPO:0011147) Typical absence seizures Occasional [Orphanet] 33 / 7739
30
(HPO:0000708) Behavioral abnormality Frequent [Orphanet] 212 / 7739
31
(HPO:0002121) Absence seizures Occasional [Orphanet] 62 / 7739
32
(HPO:0001268) Mental deterioration Very frequent [Orphanet] hallmark [HPO] 88 / 7739
33
(HPO:0002381) Aphasia Frequent [Orphanet] 27 / 7739
34
(HPO:0002300) Mutism Frequent [Orphanet] 28 / 7739
35
(HPO:0002361) Psychomotor deterioration Very frequent [Orphanet] hallmark [HPO] 26 / 7739
36
(HPO:0002141) Gait imbalance Very frequent [Orphanet] 55 / 7739
37
(HPO:0001396) Cholestasis Very frequent [Orphanet] 136 / 7739
38
(HPO:0002240) Hepatomegaly Very frequent [Orphanet] 467 / 7739
39
(HPO:0002611) Cholestatic liver disease Very frequent [Orphanet] 19 / 7739
40
(HPO:0002033) Poor suck Frequent [Orphanet] 37 / 7739
41
(HPO:0012115) Hepatitis Very frequent [Orphanet] 24 / 7739
42
(HPO:0009023) Abdominal wall muscle weakness Frequent [Orphanet] 12 / 7739
43
(HPO:0001541) Ascites Occasional [Orphanet] 94 / 7739
44
(HPO:0005247) Hypoplasia of the abdominal wall musculature Frequent [Orphanet] typical [HPO] 4 / 7739
45
(HPO:0005199) Aplasia of the abdominal wall musculature Frequent [Orphanet] typical [HPO] 5 / 7739
46
(HPO:0000952) Jaundice Very frequent [Orphanet] 105 / 7739
47
(HPO:0010318) Aplasia/Hypoplasia of the abdominal wall musculature Frequent [Orphanet] 55 / 7739
48
(HPO:0001744) Splenomegaly Frequent [Orphanet] 337 / 7739
49
(HPO:0008872) Feeding difficulties in infancy Frequent [Orphanet] 153 / 7739
50
(Orphanet:43190) [DEL]Motor deficit/trouble Frequent [Orphanet] 6 / 7739

Associated genes:

ClinVar (via SNiPA)

Gene symbol Variation Clinical significance Reference

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