Article
Prenatal diagnosis of glycogen storage disease type 1a by direct mutation detection.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Feb 1996
Wong L J
Abstract excerpt
Current laboratory diagnosis for glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD 1a) is established by functional enzyme assay to demonstrate the deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate phosphatase (G6Pase). This procedure requires liver biopsy and is impractical for routine prenatal diagnosis owing to the high...
Topics
- Amniocentesis
- Amniotic Fluid
- Base Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA Probes
- Female
- Glucose-6-Phosphate
- Glucosephosphates
- Glycogen Storage Disease
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
