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Ceroid Lipofuscinoses 01

Topic: Pediatric

Created on Thursday, October 18 2007 by jdmiles

Last modified on Thursday, October 18 2007.

What are the cardinal features of ceroid lipofuscinosis?

 
        A) Intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material, progressive deafness, epilepsy, and cognitive and/or motor regression
 
        B) Progressive blindness, cognitive and/or motor regression, epilepsy, and intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material
 
        C) Progressive blindness, intracellular accumulation of non-fluorescent material, cognitive and/or motor regression, and epilepsy
 
        D) Intracellular accumulation of non-fluorescent material, epilepsy, progressive deafness, and cognitive and/or motor regression
 
        E) Cognitive and/or motor regression, peripheral neuropathy, intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material, and progressive ataxia
 

 


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A) intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material, progressive deafness, epilepsy, and cognitive and/or motor regression

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Typical features that are shared among the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (also called Batten disease) are progressive blindness, congitive/motor regression, epilepsy, and intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material.

Not all patients present with all of these features.

  (See References)

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B) progressive blindness, cognitive and/or motor regression, epilepsy, and intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material

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Typical features that are shared among the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (also called Batten disease) are progressive blindness, congitive/motor regression, epilepsy, and intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material.

Not all patients present with all of these features.

  (See References)

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C) progressive blindness, intracellular accumulation of non-fluorescent material, cognitive and/or motor regression, and epilepsy

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Typical features that are shared among the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (also called Batten disease) are progressive blindness, congitive/motor regression, epilepsy, and intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material.

Not all patients present with all of these features.

  (See References)

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D) intracellular accumulation of non-fluorescent material, epilepsy, progressive deafness, and cognitive and/or motor regression

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Typical features that are shared among the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (also called Batten disease) are progressive blindness, congitive/motor regression, epilepsy, and intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material.

Not all patients present with all of these features.

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E) cognitive and/or motor regression, peripheral neuropathy, intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material, and progressive ataxia

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Typical features that are shared among the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (also called Batten disease) are progressive blindness, congitive/motor regression, epilepsy, and intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent material.

Not all patients present with all of these features.

  (See References)

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References:

1. Mitchison, H.M., and Mole, S.E. (2001). "Neurodegenerative disease: the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (Batten disease)." Curr Opin Neurol, 14(6) 795-803. (PMID:11723391)
2. Wisniewski, K.E., Zhong, N., and Philippart, M. (2001). "Pheno/genotypic correlations of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses." Neurology, 57(4) 576-81. (PMID:11548735)
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Ceroid Lipofuscinoses 01
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