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Paulo José Lorenzoni1, Elaine Cardoso1, Ana C S Crippa1
1Servico de Neurologia, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
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The aim of the study was to analyze a series of Brazilian patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C).
Method:
Correlations between clinical findings, laboratory data, molecular findings and treatment response are presented.
Result:
The sample consisted of 5 patients aged 8 to 26 years. Vertical supranuclear gaze palsy, cerebellar ataxia, dementia, dystonia and dysarthria were present in all cases. Filipin staining showed the "classical" pattern in two patients and a "variant" pattern in three patients. Molecular analysis found mutations in the NPC1 gene in all alleles. Miglustat treatment was administered to 4 patients.
Conclusion:
Although filipin staining should be used to confirm the diagnosis, bone marrow sea-blue histiocytes often help to diagnosis of NP-C. The p.P1007A mutation seems to be correlated with the "variant" pattern in filipin staining. Miglustat treatment response seems to be correlated with the age at disease onset and disability scale score at diagnosis.
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