Term Name: Niemann-Pick disease
Synonyms: lipoid histiocytosis, sphingomyelin lipidosis, Sphingomyelinase Deficiency Disease
Definition: A sphingoliidosis characterized by the accumulation of the lipid sphingomyelin in lysosomes in cells.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:14504]   ( DOID:14504 )

Relationships
is a type of: sphingolipidosis
has subtype: Niemann-Pick disease type A Niemann-Pick disease type B Niemann-Pick disease type C1 Niemann-Pick disease type C2