Niemann-Pick Diseases (NPD) is lysosomal storage diseases caused by Acid Sphingo Myelinase (ASM) deficiency, which catalyzes the hydrolysis of Myelin

The name of lysosomal storage diseases stems from the fact that in this category of disorders specific undegraded materials are stored in the lysosomes. This is usually caused by a lysosomal enzyme deficiency and leads to a cascade of pathological outcomes. Apart from deficiency of lysosomal enzymes, lysosomal storage diseases also include deficiencies in proteins necessary for enzyme functioni...

how to cite this article: houshmand m, tonekaboni sh, karimzadeh p, aryani o, ashrafimr, salehpour sh, badv sh, shakiba m, alaee mr, farshid sh. lysosomal storage disease iniran. (report of molecular study). iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6:4 (suppl. 1): 22.   pls see pdf.