common in Ashkenazi Jews and is characterized by accumulation of excess sphingomyelin and cholesterol in the brain, BM, liver, spleen Clinical Early infancy onset with feeding
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Niemann-Pick disease [ Wikipedia ], a lysosomal storage disease, is more common among some ethnic groups, including Ashkenazi Jews, North Africans, Arabs, and Turks.
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[…] the liver Niemann-Pick disease Metabolism A rapidly progressive AR storage disease with progressive neurologic damage due to sphingomyelinase deficiency; NPD type A is AR, more
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