Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Cells (IMAGE)

NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Cells

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This image shows the cerebellum of a brain affected by Niemann-Pick disease type C at the end stage of the disease. The blue staining shows the dense pockets of lipid accumulations throughout the brain.

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National Institutes of Health, NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

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