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ArticleActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2020

Neuropsychological and behavioral disorders as presentation symptoms in two brothers with early-infantile Niemann-Pick type C.

Luca Soliani, Grazia Gabriella Salerno, Francesco Pisani, Ilaria Barigazzi, Susanna Rizzi, Carlotta Spagnoli, Daniele Frattini, Andrea Zangrandi, Carlo Fusco

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Article in Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Luca SolianiDepartment of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Unit, Presidio Ospedaliero Provinciale Santa Maria Nuova Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. solianiluca@gmail.com.
Grazia Gabriella SalernoDepartment of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Unit, Presidio Ospedaliero Provinciale Santa Maria Nuova Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. graziagabriella.salerno@ausl.re.it.
Francesco PisaniChild Neuropsychiatric Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy. francesco.pisani@unipr.it.
Ilaria BarigazziDepartment of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Unit, Presidio Ospedaliero Provinciale Santa Maria Nuova Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. ilaria.barigazzi@gmail.com.
Susanna RizziDepartment of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Unit, Presidio Ospedaliero Provinciale Santa Maria Nuova Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. susanna.rizzi@ausl.re.it.
Carlotta SpagnoliDepartment of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Unit, Presidio Ospedaliero Provinciale Santa Maria Nuova Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. carlotta.spagnoli@ausl.re.it.
Daniele FrattiniDepartment of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Unit, Presidio Ospedaliero Provinciale Santa Maria Nuova Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. daniele.frattini@ausl.re.it.
Andrea ZangrandiDepartment of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Unit, Presidio Ospedaliero Provinciale Santa Maria Nuova Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Andrea.Zangrandi@ausl.re.it.
Carlo FuscoDepartment of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Unit, Presidio Ospedaliero Provinciale Santa Maria Nuova Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Neurophysiology Laboratory, Presidio Ospedaliero Provinciale Santa Maria Nuova Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Italy. carlo.fusco@ausl.re.it.
Azienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia · ITSanta Maria Nuova Hospital · ITPresidio Ospedaliero · ITUniversity of Parma · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNiemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in NPC1 or NPC2 genes. CASE PRESENTATION: We present two brothers with the same compound heterozygous variants in exon 13 of the NPC1 gene (18q11.2), the first one (c.1955C> G, p. Ser652Trp), inherited from the mother, the second (c.2107T>A p.Phe703Ile) inherited from the father, associated to the classical biochemical phenotype of NPC. The two brothers presented unspecific neurologic symptoms with difference in age of onset: one presented dyspraxia and motor clumsiness at age 7 years, the other showed a systemic presentation with hepatosplenomegaly noted at the age of two months and neurological symptoms onset at age 4 with speech disturbance. Clinical evolution and neuroimaging data led to the final diagnosis. Systemic signs did not correlate with the onset of neurological symptoms. Miglustat therapy was started in both patients.

conclusionsWe highlight the extreme phenotypic heterogeneity of NP-C in the presence of the same genetic variant and the unspecificity of neurologic signs at onset as previously reported. We report some positive effects of miglustat on disease progression assessed also with neuropsychological follow-up, with an age-dependent response.

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Mental DisordersNiemann-Pick Disease, Type CChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantMaleMutationPhenotypeSiblings

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