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The variable presentations of glycogen storage disease type IV: a review of clinical, enzymatic and molecular studies.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Mar 2002
Moses Shimon W, Parvari Ruti
Abstract excerpt
Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD-IV), also known as Andersen disease or amylopectinosis (MIM 23250), is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficiency of glycogen branching enzyme (GBE) leading to the accumulation of amylopectin-like structures in affected tissues. The disease is extremely heterogeneous in terms of tissue involvement, age of onset and clinical manifestations. The human GBE cDNA...
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