Details of Disease
General Information of Disease (ID: DISX9A5W)
| Disease Name | Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis | ||||
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| Synonyms | juvenile NCL; JNCL; juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis; batten disease; Spielmeyer-Vogt disease | ||||
| Definition |
A genetically heterogeneous group of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) typically characterized by onset at early school age with vision loss due to retinopathy, seizures and the decline of mental and motor capacities.|Editor note: DO class was merged into CLN3 disease but we treat as separate since this class groups different CLNs
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