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Glycogen-branching enzyme deficiency leads to abnormal cardiac development: novel insights into glycogen storage disease IV
12 Nov 2010
Abstract excerpt
Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD-IV) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a deficiency in glycogen-branching enzyme (GBE1) activity that results in the accumulation of amylopectin-like polysaccharide, which presumably leads to osmotic swelling and cell death. This disease is extremely heterogeneous in terms of tissue involvement, age of onset and clinical manifestation. The most severe fetal form...
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