Science Update: Biomarker for Niemann-Pick type C may be useful for diagnosing other class of rare disorders, NIH study suggests
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Last updated 26 abril 2025

A biomarker used to detect a rare neurodegenerative disorder of cholesterol metabolism, Niemann-Pick disease type C1 (NPC1), may also be useful for diagnosing another class of rare diseases known as congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG), suggests a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.

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