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. 2019 Jun 13;34(5):1253–1260. doi: 10.1007/s11011-019-00445-w

Table 1.

Main clinical manifestations observed in different types of NPC (partly on the basis of Vanier 2010)

Type NPC Early infantile Late infantile Juvenile Adult
Systemic involvement

Hepatosplenomegaly

May regress with age

Absent in ~15% of cases

Neurological involvement

- Delay in motor milestones

- Hypotonia

- VSGP

- Gait problems

- Clumsiness

- Speech delay

- Cataplexy

- VSGP

- School problems

- Ataxia

- Seizures

- Cataplexy

- VSGP

- Psychiatric problems

- Ataxia

- Dystonia

- Dementia

- VSGP