Niemann-Pick disease. Morphologic and biochemical studies in the visceral form with late central nervous system involvement (Crocker's group C).

Biopsy Brain Chemistry Cerebral Cortex/pathology Cerebrosides/analysis Child, Preschool Cholesterol/analysis Female Gangliosides/analysis Glycolipids/analysis Histocytochemistry Humans Liver/analysis,pathology Male Niemann-Pick Diseases/pathology Palatine Tonsil/analysis,pathology Phosphatidylcholines/analysis Phosphatidylethanolamines/analysis Phospholipids/analysis Sphingomyelins/analysis

Cerebrosides Gangliosides Glycolipids Phosphatidylcholines Phosphatidylethanolamines Phospholipids Sphingomyelins Cholesterol