batten

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Two years ago, Beatrice Cieslik was diagnosed with CLN2 type Batten disease - a rare degenerative condition which causes seizures, blindness, dementia, and difficulty with mobility and speech.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

Batten Disease Family Association chief executive, Liz Brownnutt, said the organisation supported 117 children and young adults with Batten disease in the UK, four in Wales.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2025

District Judge Cormac J. Carney also sentenced Batten, of Brooksville, Florida, to three years of probation and ordered him to pay $1,000 in restitution, the U.S.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

Batten down the hatches: We’re facing “economic headwinds.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

View larger image "The family of Roger or Rogers," says Mr. Batten, "whose chief seat was at Bryanstone, Dorset, held Barwick for six generations, extending to the latter part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth."

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton