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Various classes of mutations in patients with phosphofructokinase deficiency (Tarui's disease).
Muscle & nerve. Supplement - 1 Jan 1995
Raben N, Sherman J B, Adams E, Nakajima H, Argov Z, Plotz P
Abstract excerpt
Muscle phosphofructokinase (PFK-M) deficiency (glycogenosis type VII, Tarui's disease) is characterized by intolerance to vigorous exercise, often accompanied by myoglobinuria. The disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. The clinical manifestations are similar to those in myophosphorylase deficiency (McArdle's disease), and the diagnosis required demonstration of the enzyme defect in muscle biopsy....
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