Journal article

Kufs disease due to mutation of CLN6: clinical, pathological and molecular genetic features

Samuel F Berkovic, Karen L Oliver, Laura Canafoglia, Penina Krieger, John A Damiano, Michael S Hildebrand, Michela Morbin, Danya F Vears, Vito Sofia, Loretta Giuliano, Barbara Garavaglia, Alessandro Simonati, Filippo M Santorelli, Antonio Gambardella, Angelo Labate, Vincenzo Belcastro, Barbara Castellotti, Cigdem Ozkara, Adam Zeman, Julia Rankin Show all

BRAIN | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2019

Abstract

Kufs disease is the major adult form of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, but is rare and difficult to diagnose. Diagnosis was traditionally dependent on the demonstration of characteristic storage material, but distinction from normal age-related accumulation of lipofuscin can be challenging. Mutation of CLN6 has emerged as the most important cause of recessive Kufs disease but, remarkably, is also responsible for variant late infantile ceroid lipofuscinosis. Here we provide a detailed description of Kufs disease due to CLN6 pathogenic variants. We studied 20 cases of Kufs disease with CLN6 pathogenic variants from 13 unrelated families. Mean age of onset was 28 years (range 12-51) with bimod..

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