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c.1437G>A intron 9 substitution on acid α-glucosidase gene associated with classic infantile-onset Pompe disease phenotype.
BMJ case reports - 9 Jul 2015
Morales Andrés, Poling Mikaela I, Páez Marco T, Cabrera Julio, McCormick Rodger J
Abstract excerpt
Pompe disease, or glycogen storage disease type II (GSD2), an autosomal recessive disease first described by Joannes Cassianus Pompe (1901-1945), causes deficient activity of acid α-glucosidase (GAA) enzyme. GAA catalyses α 1,4 and α 1,6 glucosidic linkages in lysosomes; destruction of these linkages permits glycogen to be separated into glucose and later used for energy. Without proper function of this enzyme,...
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