label: Niemann-Pick disease, type C, dog
label_lc: niemann-pick disease, type c, dog
description: A lysosomal storage disease characterised by impaired unesterified cholesterol and sphingomyelin transport and metabolism, resulting in the accumulation of un-esterified cholesterol and glycosphingolipids within late endosomes and lysosomes that occurs in dogs. Affected animals present with hepatosplenomegaly, neurological degeneration and premature death.