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Health Encyclopedia: Niemann Pick Disease Treatment
Sphingomyelinase deficiency
Treatment
At this time, there is no effective treatment for Type A.
Bone marrow transplantation has been performed on a few patients with Type B with encouraging results. Researchers continue to study possible treatments, including enzyme replacement therapy and gene therapy.
There is no specific treatment for Type C and D. A healthy, low-cholesterol diet is recommended, although research into low-cholesterol diets and cholester...
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