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Definition of Niemann-Pick disease
1. Noun. A disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.
Definition of Niemann-Pick disease
1. Noun. (medicine) Any of a group of fatal inherited metabolic disorders associated with sphingomyelin accumulation in the central nervous system. ¹
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Medical Definition of Niemann-Pick disease
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Niemann-Pick Disease
Literary usage of Niemann-Pick disease
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1. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"Familial Dysautonomia, Niemann Pick disease and Canavan's syndrome) also occur
at higher incidence in individuals with a European Jewish heritage (Kaback, ..."