raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:228366

CLN7 disease

Synonyms: NCL7 · Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 7

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Age of onset
Infancy
Status
active

A rare neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis characterized by epilepsy with myoclonic, atonic, and bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, gait disturbance, and language difficulty/delay. Progressive motor and cognitive decline, personality disorders, myoclonus and visual loss are common clinical features become evident later in the disease progress. Age of onset is typically late-infantile, however few juvenile-onset patients are reported.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enCLN7 diseaseNCL7 · Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 7
frMaladie CLN7Céroïde lipofuscinose neuronale de type 7 · NCL7
deCLN7-KrankheitCeroid-Lipofuszinose, neuronale, Typ 7 · NCL7 · Türkische Variante der spätinfantilen NCL · vLINCL
esEnfermedad CLN7Lipofuscinosis ceroidea neuronal tipo 7 · NCL7
itMalattia CLN7Variante turca tardiva infantile · Ceroidolipofuscinosi infantile tardiva, variante turca · Ceroidolipofuscinosi neuronale tipo 7 · vLINCL
nlCLN7-ziekteNCL7 · Neuronale ceroïdlipofuscinose type 7
ptDoença CLN7Lipofuscinose ceroide neuronal tipo 7 · NCL7
plChoroba CLN7Choroba CLN7
csNeuronální ceroidlipofuscinosa, typ 7Onemocnění CLN7
ukХвороба CLN7Нейрональний цероїдний ліпофусциноз типу 7 · Турецький варіант пізнього інфантилізму · vLINCL
zh神经元蜡样脂褐质沉积症7型
trCLN7 hastalığı

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM610951Evalidated
ICD-10E75.4NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-115C56.1NTBTattributedvalidated
MONDO12588Evalidated
UMLSC1838571Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (2):

No children.

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Genes

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
MFSD8Disease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:28486ENSG000001640736111244q28.2major facilitator superfamily domain containing 834733232[PMID]_27238410[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Cases/families70 casesWorldwideCase(s)ValidatedORPHANET
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000—WorldwideClass onlyValidatedORPHANET

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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