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A founder splice site mutation underlies glycogen storage disease type 3 in consanguineous Saudi families.
Annals of Saudi medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Basit Sulman, Malibari Omhani, Al Balwi Alia Mahmood, Abdusamad Firoz, Abu Ismail Feras
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Glycogen storage disease type 3 (GSD III) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by genetic mutations in the gene AGL. AGL encodes amylo-a-1, 6-glucosidase, 4-a-glucanotransferase, a glycogen debranching enzyme. GSD III is characterized by fasting hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly, growth retardation, progressive myopathy, and cardiomyopathy due to storage of abnormally structured glycogen...
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