Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)»Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)»Niemann-Pick disease type B (E75.241)
E75.241
Niemann-Pick disease type B
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Niemann-Pick Disease, Type B5 drugs (4 approved, 1 experimental)
An allelic disorder of TYPE A NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, a late-onset form. It is also caused by mutation in SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE but clinical signs involve only visceral organs (non-neuropathic type).