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     Niemann-Pick disease is a disease caused by an inherited disorder of lipid metabolism (sphingophospholipids). There is an accumulation of sphingomyelin in the liver, brain, spleen, adrenal glands, kidneys, lymph nodes, skin and blood mononuclear cells.
 
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Groups of genetic diseases

Diseases of protein metabolism    Autosomal Dominant Disorder    Autosomal recessive diseases    Chromosome syndromes    Diseases inoculated with the X-chromosome    Diseases of carbohydrate metabolism    Diseases of lipid metabolism    Polygenic diseases