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Molecular and clinical delineation of 12 patients with glycogen storage disease type III in Western Turkey.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 15 Jan 2015
Okubo Minoru, Ucar Sema Kalkan, Podskarbi Teodor, Murase Toshio, Shin Yoon S, Coker Mahmut
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Glycogen storage disease type III (GSD III; MIM #232400) is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder characterized by fasting hypoglycemia, growth retardation, hepatomegaly, progressive myopathy, and cardiomyopathy. GSD III is caused by deficiency in the glycogen debranching enzyme (gene symbol: AGL). Molecular analyses of AGL have indicated heterogeneity depending on ethnic groups. In Turkey we...
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