niemann-pick disease

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What does niemann-pick disease mean?

Any of a group of fatal inherited metabolic disorders associated with sphingomyelin accumulation in the central nervous system.

Where does niemann-pick disease come from?

Described by Albert Niemann in 1914 and by Ludwig Pick in the 1930s.

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