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Juvenile and adult-onset acid maltase deficiency in France: genotype-phenotype correlation.
Neurology - 24 Oct 2000
Laforêt P, Nicolino M, Eymard P B, Puech J P, Caillaud C, Poenaru L, Fardeau M
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OBJECTIVE: To characterize the phenotypes of patients with juvenile and adult-onset acid maltase deficiency (AMD) in the French population and correlate them with genetic defects. BACKGROUND: AMD is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by the absence of the enzyme acid a-glucosidase (GAA). Patients are generally compound heterozygotes for various mutations in the GAA gene. The most common mutant allele is a...
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