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Fatal infantile neuromuscular presentation of glycogen storage disease type IV.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Apr 2004
Tay Stacey K H, Akman Hasan O, Chung Wendy K, Pike Michael G, Muntoni Francesco, Hays Arthur P, Shanske Sara, Valberg Stephanie J, Mickelson James R, Tanji Kurenai, DiMauro Salvatore
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Glycogen storage disease type IV or Andersen disease is an autosomal recessive disorder due to deficiency of glycogen branching enzyme. Typically, glycogen storage disease type IV presents with rapidly progressive liver cirrhosis and death in childhood. Variants include a cardiopathic form of childhood, a relatively benign myopathic form of young adults, and a late-onset neurodegenerative disorder (adult...
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