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Phenotypic variability of Niemann-Pick disease type C including a case with clinically pure schizophrenia: a case report.

Tomoya KawazoeToshiyuki YamamotoAya NaritaKousaku OhnoKaori AdachiEiji NanbaAtsuko NoguchiTsutomu TakahashiMasamitsu MaekawaYoshikatsu EtoMasafumi OgawaMiho MurataYuji Takahashi
Published in: BMC neurology (2018)
Marked clinical variability was observed in our three cases. NPC could masquerade as a pure neuropsychiatric disorder such as dystonia or schizophrenia. Abdominal ultrasonography, history evaluation, and neurological examination were quite important in the diagnostic process.
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