Niemann-Pick disease, type D: Niemann-Pick disease is an inherited metabolic disorder where lipids are not able to be metabolized adequately and hence build up and cause damage in various parts of the body such as the spleen, liver, lungs, bone marrow and brain. Type D is no longer a relevant term as research has shown that it has the same genetic mutation as Type C and is therefore the same condition. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Niemann-Pick disease, type D is available below.
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Prognosis for Niemann-Pick disease, type D: Early onset cases tend to result in death within months or years whereas patients with a later onset may live into old age.
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Niemann-Pick disease, type D is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Niemann-Pick disease, type D, or a subtype of Niemann-Pick disease, type D,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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