Neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses : The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (Batten disease) / edited by Sara E. Mole, Ruth E. Williams, and Hans H. Goebel ; editorial assistance by G. Machado da Silva
A group of severe neurodegenerative diseases characterized by intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent wax-like lipid materials (CEROID; LIPOFUSCIN) in neurons. There are several subtypes based on mutations of the various genes, time of disease onset, and severity of the neurological defects such as progressive DEMENTIA; SEIZURES; and visual failure
