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Frequency of glycogen storage disease type II in The Netherlands: implications for diagnosis and genetic counselling.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Sept 1999
Ausems M G, Verbiest J, Hermans M P, Kroos M A, Beemer F A, Wokke J H, Sandkuijl L A, Reuser A J, van der Ploeg A T
Abstract excerpt
Glycogen storage disease type II (GSD H) is an autosomal recessive myopathy. Early and late-onset phenotypes are distinguished - infantile, juvenile and adult. Three mutations in the acid alpha-glucosidase gene are common in the Dutch patient population: IVS1(-13T-->G), 525delT and delexon18. 63% of Dutch GSD II patients carry one or two of these mutations, and the genotype-phenotype correlation is known. To...
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