Medical Definition of Niemann disease

1. A family of severe lysosomal storage diseases resulting in an accumulation of sphingomyelin and other phospholipids in the reticuloendothelial system. The best studied forms are due to deficiency of sphingomyelinase and it is more common in Ashkenazi Jews than other groups. Clinical signs include foam cells in the blood and marrow, hepatosplenomegaly and neurologic degeneration. Diagnosis is confirmed by enzyme assay on leukocytes or fibroblasts and specific mutations in the gene are now recognised. (29 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Niemann Disease

Nidri
Nidularia
Nidulariaceae
Nidulariales
Nidwalden
Niebuhr
Nieden's syndrome
Niels Abel
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik David Bohr
Nielson
Niemann's splenomegaly
Niemann-Pick cell
Niemann-Pick disease
Niemann disease (current term)
Nierembergia frutescens
Nierembergia repens
Nierembergia rivularis
Nietzsche
Nietzschean
Nietzscheans
Niewenglowski rays
Nifong
Nifonged
Nifonging
Nifongs
Nigel
Nigel no friends
Nigella

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