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ReviewSurvey of ophthalmology

Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) and the eye.

Sara Bozorg, Denia Ramirez-Montealegre, Mina Chung, David A Pearce

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Review in Survey of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. Syndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Narrative Review.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  18. Vision loss in juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (CLN3 disease).Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sara BozorgDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
Denia Ramirez-Montealegre
Mina Chung
David A Pearce

Funding

The Autoimmune Response of Battens DiseaseR01NS044310 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI PEARCE, DAVID A. · 2003 to 2011
$2.3M
Safety of Autologous Marrow Stromal Cells After StrokeR01NS043310 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE · PI CRAMER, STEVEN C · 2003 to 2005
$390k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS043310NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS044310NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS43310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses, or Batten disease, is the most common type of NCL in the United States and Europe. This devastating disorder presents with vision failure and progresses to include seizures, motor dysfunction, and dementia. Death usually occurs in the third decade, but some patients die before age twenty. Though the mechanism of visual failure remains poorly understood, recent advances in molecular genetics have improved diagnostic testing and suggested possible therapeutic strategies. The ophthalmologist plays a crucial role in both early diagnosis and documentation of progression of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses. We update Batten disease research, particularly as it relates to the eye, and present various theories on the pathophysiology of retinal degeneration.

Indexed as

AnimalsDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease Models, AnimalEarly DiagnosisHumansNeuronal Ceroid-LipofuscinosesRetinal Degeneration

Identifiers

PMID19539834
PMCPMC4139962

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