Kufs Disease

Kufs Disease
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What is Kufs disease?
Kufs disease is a condition that primarily affects the nervous system, causing progressive problems with movement and thought (cognition).

Adult NCL (Kufs disease or Party's disease)-symptoms usually begin to appear before age 40. Symptoms progress slowly and are usually milder. However, this form of the disease usually does shorten a person's life span.
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Kufs Disease Causes, Symptoms And Treatment And Related Disorders
Kufs Disease is characterized by neurologic symptoms that may mimic mental illness, movement malfunction, and problems with sight.

There are three other disorders in the NCL family: Jansky-Bielchowsky disease, late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, and Kufs disease (a rare adult form of NCL).

Krause-Kivlin syndrome see Peters Anomaly/Peters Plus syndrome
Kufs disease (adult type) see Batten disease
Kugelberg-Welander disease see SpinalMuscular Atrophy
Kyphoscoliosis Type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome see Ehlers-Danlos syndrome ...

See also: Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses, Batten Disease, Batten, Symptom, Ceroid lipofuscinosis