Long-term normalization of cognitive and psychopathological alterations in a juvenile Niemann-Pick type C case.

Niemann-Pick type C (NP-C) disease is a neurovisceral atypical lysosomal lipid storage disorder with a poor prognosis. We present the 5-year neuropsychological follow-up of a patient with juvenile onset NP-C, spanning the pre-diagnostic stage to the period after treatment with miglustat (Actelion Pharmaceuticals Inc., CA, US).