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Molecular characterization of Egyptian patients with glycogen storage disease type IIIa.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2005
Endo Yoriko, Fateen Ekram, Aoyama Yoshiko, Horinishi Asako, Ebara Tetsu, Murase Toshio, Shin Yoon S, Okubo Minoru
Abstract excerpt
Glycogen storage disease type IIIa (GSD IIIa) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by excessive accumulation of abnormal glycogen in the liver and muscles and caused by a deficiency in the glycogen debranching enzyme. The spectrum of AGL mutations in GSD IIIa patients depends on ethnic group-prevalent mutations have been reported in the North African Jewish population and in an isolate such as the...
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