Rare Medical News

Advertisement

5 Facts you should know about

Niemann-Pick disease type A

fivefacts-light.svg

1

Type A is the most severe form

2

It begins in early infancy and occurs most often in Jewish families

3

Additional symptoms include weakness, an enlarged liver and spleen, swollen lymph nodes, and profound brain damage by six months of age

4

Children with this type rarely live beyond 18 months

5

Mutations in the SMPD1 gene cause Niemann–Pick disease type A

Rare Medical News

Advertisement