Batten Disease: Batten disease is a fatal, inherited disorder of the nervous system that begins in childhood. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Batten Disease Information Page: NINDS) ... more about Batten Disease.
Batten Disease: Rare childhood genetic degenerative nerve system disease. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Batten Disease is available below.
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Prognosis for Batten Disease: Poor. Life-shortening. Degenerative. Often death in teens or 20's.
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Batten disease is a fatal, inherited disorder of the nervous system that begins in childhood. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Batten Disease Information Page: NINDS)
Batten Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Batten Disease, or a subtype of Batten Disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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