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Prenatal diagnosis of infantile neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis: a combined electron microscopic and molecular genetic approach. 1995

H H Goebel, and J Vesa, and B Reitter, and T O Goecke, and B Schneider-Rätzke, and E Merz
Division of Neuropathology, University of Mainz Medical Center, Germany.

Based on two unrelated index patients afflicted with INCL, fetal chorion tissues were studied from subsequent pregnancies of the two respective mothers resulting in the prenatal diagnosis of INCL in two of the three pregnancies. Documentation of INCL was based on electron microscopy and DNA studies of the biopsied chorion tissue, later confirmed in the two affected fetuses after termination of their pregnancies by demonstrating INCL-specific lipopigments in post-mortem tissues, in the liver of both aborted fetuses and, additionally, in spleen and skeletal muscle of one of the affected fetuses. The autolysis of the aborted tissues, however, precluded a systematic documentation of all affected cell types and tissues. Thus, prenatal diagnosis of INCL is feasible and reliable for both Finnish and non-Finnish families.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008297 Male Males
D008854 Microscopy, Electron Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen. Electron Microscopy
D009472 Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses A group of severe neurodegenerative diseases characterized by intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent wax-like lipid materials (CEROID; LIPOFUSCIN) in neurons. There are several subtypes based on mutations of the various genes, time of disease onset, and severity of the neurological defects such as progressive DEMENTIA; SEIZURES; and visual failure. Batten Disease,Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 4B, Autosomal Dominant,Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal,Jansky-Bielschowsky Disease,Kufs Disease,Santavuori-Haltia Disease,Spielmeyer-Vogt Disease,Adult Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis,Amaurotic Idiocy, Adult Type,Batten-Mayou Disease,Batten-Spielmeyer-Vogt Disease,CLN3-Related Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis,CLN4A,CLN4B,Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal 3, Juvenile,Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal 4,Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 3,Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 4A, Autosomal Recessive,Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, Parry Type,Ceroid Storage Disease,Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis,Juvenile Batten Disease,Juvenile Cerebroretinal Degeneration,Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis,Kuf's Disease,Kufs Disease Autosomal Recessive,Kufs Disease, Autosomal Dominant,Kufs Disease, Autosomal Recessive,Kufs Type Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis,Late-Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis,Lipofuscin Storage Disease,Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal Ceroid,Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis,Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Juvenile Type,Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Adult,Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Adult Type,Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Infantile,Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Juvenile,Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Late Infantile,Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Late-Infantile,Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis,Spielmeyer-Sjogren Disease,Vogt Spielmeyer Disease,Vogt-Spielmeyer Disease,Batten Disease, Juvenile,Batten Diseases, Juvenile,Batten Mayou Disease,Batten Spielmeyer Vogt Disease,CLN3 Related Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis,CLN3-Related Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses,CLN4As,Cerebroretinal Degeneration, Juvenile,Cerebroretinal Degenerations, Juvenile,Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal,Ceroid Storage Diseases,Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis, CLN3-Related Neuronal,Disease, Ceroid Storage,Disease, Juvenile Batten,Disease, Kuf's,Disease, Lipofuscin Storage,Disease, Spielmeyer-Sjogren,Disease, Vogt Spielmeyer,Disease, Vogt-Spielmeyer,Jansky Bielschowsky Disease,Juvenile Batten Diseases,Juvenile Cerebroretinal Degenerations,Kuf Disease,Lipofuscin Storage Diseases,Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses,Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses, CLN3-Related,Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis, CLN3-Related,Santavuori Haltia Disease,Spielmeyer Disease, Vogt,Spielmeyer Sjogren Disease,Spielmeyer Vogt Disease,Storage Disease, Ceroid,Storage Disease, Lipofuscin
D010375 Pedigree The record of descent or ancestry, particularly of a particular condition or trait, indicating individual family members, their relationships, and their status with respect to the trait or condition. Family Tree,Genealogical Tree,Genealogic Tree,Genetic Identity,Identity, Genetic,Family Trees,Genealogic Trees,Genealogical Trees,Genetic Identities,Identities, Genetic,Tree, Family,Tree, Genealogic,Tree, Genealogical,Trees, Family,Trees, Genealogic,Trees, Genealogical
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011296 Prenatal Diagnosis Determination of the nature of a pathological condition or disease in the postimplantation EMBRYO; FETUS; or pregnant female before birth. Diagnosis, Prenatal,Fetal Diagnosis,Fetal Imaging,Fetal Screening,Intrauterine Diagnosis,Antenatal Diagnosis,Antenatal Screening,Diagnosis, Antenatal,Diagnosis, Intrauterine,Prenatal Screening,Antenatal Diagnoses,Antenatal Screenings,Diagnosis, Fetal,Fetal Diagnoses,Fetal Imagings,Fetal Screenings,Imaging, Fetal,Intrauterine Diagnoses,Prenatal Diagnoses,Prenatal Screenings,Screening, Antenatal,Screening, Fetal,Screening, Prenatal
D002823 Chorion The outermost extra-embryonic membrane surrounding the developing embryo. In REPTILES and BIRDS, it adheres to the shell and allows exchange of gases between the egg and its environment. In MAMMALS, the chorion evolves into the fetal contribution of the PLACENTA. Chorions
D003241 Consanguinity The magnitude of INBREEDING in humans. Inbreeding, Human,Consanguineous Marriage,Consanguinous Mating,Consanguineous Marriages,Consanguinities,Consanguinous Matings,Human Inbreeding,Human Inbreedings,Inbreedings, Human,Marriage, Consanguineous,Marriages, Consanguineous,Mating, Consanguinous,Matings, Consanguinous

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