Zara Arshad, Nimra Rana, Wajahat Sultan Baig.
Niemann-pick disease: Type a presenting as a case of protein energy malnutrition.
J Shifa Tameer-e-Millat Uni Jan ;4(2):131-2.

We hereby report a rare case of a young child with Niemann-Pick disease who had multiple hospital admissions due to repeated gastrointestinal and respiratory tract infections. The disease is overall quite rare in our population however, our case highlights the fact that in any young child with repeated infections of unknown etiology, this condition should be considered and evaluated.

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