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)
Types of Batten Disease:
Broader types of Batten Disease:
Patient Profile for Batten Disease: Symptoms begin in childhood.
Prognosis of Batten Disease: Poor. Life-shortening. Degenerative. Often death in teens or 20's.
Complications of Batten Disease:
see complications of Batten Disease
Prognosis of Batten Disease:
Over
time, affected children suffer mental impairment, worsening seizures, and
progressive loss of sight and motor skills. Eventually, children with
Batten disease become blind, bedridden, and demented. Batten disease is
often fatal by the late teens or twenties.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Batten Disease Information Page: NINDS)
Symptoms of Batten Disease: see symptoms of Batten Disease
Complications of Batten Disease: see complications of Batten Disease
Contagion of genetic conditions:
generally not; see details in contagion of genetic diseases.
Inheritance of genetic conditions: see details in inheritance of genetic diseases.
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Batten Disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Batten Disease.
Treatments for Batten Disease:
see treatments for Batten Disease
Research for Batten Disease:
see research for Batten Disease
Organs and body systems related to Batten Disease include:
Main name of condition: Batten Disease
Class of Condition for Batten Disease: genetic
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, NCL, Palmitoyl-proteine thioesterase deficiency
Batten-Mayou disease, Batten-Spielmeyer-Vogt disease, Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 3, juvenile
Source - Diseases Database
JNCL, NCL 3, Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis juvenile type, Vogt Spielmeyer disease, Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 3, Juvenile
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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