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A novel mutation in the glycogen synthase 2 gene in a child with glycogen storage disease type 0.
BMC medical genetics - 5 Jan 2010
Soggia Ana Priscila, Correa-Giannella Maria Lúcia, Fortes Maria Angela Henriques, Luna Ana Mercedes Cavaleiro, Pereira Maria Adelaide Albergaria
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BACKGROUND: Glycogen storage disease type 0 is an autosomal recessive disease presenting in infancy or early childhood and characterized by ketotic hypoglycemia after prolonged fasting and postprandial hyperglycemia and hyperlactatemia. Sixteen different mutations have been identified to date in the gene which encodes hepatic glycogen synthase, resulting in reduction of glycogen storage in the liver. CASE...
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