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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
A rare metabolic storage disease characterized by the abnormal deposits of a waxy substance called ceroid lipfuscin in various parts of the body such as the liver, spleen and intestinal lining. | A rare [[metabolic]] storage disease characterized by the abnormal deposits of a waxy substance called ceroid lipfuscin in various parts of the body such as the [[liver]], [[spleen]] and intestinal lining. | ||
==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ||
* Childhood death | * Childhood death | ||
* Liver | * Liver [[cirrhosis]] | ||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
===Symptoms=== | ===Symptoms=== | ||
* Liver failure | * [[Liver failure]] | ||
===Laboratory Tests=== | ===Laboratory Tests=== | ||
* Ceroid deposits in liver | * Ceroid deposits in [[liver]] | ||
* Ceroid deposits in spleen | * Ceroid deposits in [[spleen]] | ||
* Ceroid deposits in intestinal lining | * Ceroid deposits in [[intestinal]] lining | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
{{WH}} | {{WH}} | ||
{{WS}} | {{WS}} | ||
[[Category:Disease]] | [[Category:Disease]] | ||
[[Category:Grammar]] | [[Category:Grammar]] | ||
Revision as of 08:10, 29 July 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
A rare metabolic storage disease characterized by the abnormal deposits of a waxy substance called ceroid lipfuscin in various parts of the body such as the liver, spleen and intestinal lining.
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
- Childhood death
- Liver cirrhosis
Diagnosis
Symptoms
Laboratory Tests
- Ceroid deposits in liver
- Ceroid deposits in spleen
- Ceroid deposits in intestinal lining