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Pompe disease (glycogen storage disease type II) in Argentineans: clinical manifestations and identification of 9 novel mutations.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jan 2007
Palmer Rachel E, Amartino Hernan M, Niizawa Gabriela, Blanco Mariana, Pomponio Robert J, Chamoles Nestor A
Abstract excerpt
Pompe disease is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficiency in 1,4-alpha-glucosidase (EC.3.2.1.3), the enzyme required to hydrolyze lysosomal glycogen to glucose. While previous studies have focused on Pompe patients from Europe, the United States, and Taiwan, we have analyzed a group of South American Pompe patients to better understand the molecular basis of their disease. From 14 Argentinean...
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