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Ultrastructure of peripheral blood lymphocytes in some degenerative central nervous system disease. 1994

E Jamroz, and E Marszał, and Z Glinka, and A Fidziańska

Department of Neuropediatrics of Silesian School of Medicine, Katowice.

The ultrastructure of peripheral blood lymphocytes of 30 children with degenerative central nervous system diseases was analyzed. The affected children were divided into four groups. Lysosomal storage were characterized by the storage of membrane-bound inclusions in peripheral lymphocytes. Ceroidlipofuscinosis was manifested by the presence of curvilinear bodies. The appearance of abnormal mitochondria was found in mitochondrial encephalopathies. The tubuloreticular structures seen in lymphocytes of some unclassified cases suggested viral factors that acted in prenatal life. All findings confirm the role of peripheral lymphocytes analysis in the diagnosis of degenerative central nervous system diseases.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008214	Lymphocytes	White blood cells formed in the body's lymphoid tissue. The nucleus is round or ovoid with coarse, irregularly clumped chromatin while the cytoplasm is typically pale blue with azurophilic (if any) granules. Most lymphocytes can be classified as either T or B (with subpopulations of each), or NATURAL KILLER CELLS.	Lymphoid Cells,Cell, Lymphoid,Cells, Lymphoid,Lymphocyte,Lymphoid Cell
D008247	Lysosomes	A class of morphologically heterogeneous cytoplasmic particles in animal and plant tissues characterized by their content of hydrolytic enzymes and the structure-linked latency of these enzymes. The intracellular functions of lysosomes depend on their lytic potential. The single unit membrane of the lysosome acts as a barrier between the enzymes enclosed in the lysosome and the external substrate. The activity of the enzymes contained in lysosomes is limited or nil unless the vesicle in which they are enclosed is ruptured or undergoes MEMBRANE FUSION. (From Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed).	Autolysosome,Autolysosomes,Lysosome
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
D002479	Inclusion Bodies	A generic term for any circumscribed mass of foreign (e.g., lead or viruses) or metabolically inactive materials (e.g., ceroid or MALLORY BODIES), within the cytoplasm or nucleus of a cell. Inclusion bodies are in cells infected with certain filtrable viruses, observed especially in nerve, epithelial, or endothelial cells. (Stedman, 25th ed)	Cellular Inclusions,Cytoplasmic Inclusions,Bodies, Inclusion,Body, Inclusion,Cellular Inclusion,Cytoplasmic Inclusion,Inclusion Body,Inclusion, Cellular,Inclusion, Cytoplasmic,Inclusions, Cellular,Inclusions, Cytoplasmic
D002493	Central Nervous System Diseases	Diseases of any component of the brain (including the cerebral hemispheres, diencephalon, brain stem, and cerebellum) or the spinal cord.	CNS Disease,Central Nervous System Disease,Central Nervous System Disorder,CNS Diseases,Central Nervous System Disorders
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths