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Molecular study on the infantile form of Pompe disease in Chinese in Taiwan.
Zhonghua Minguo xiao er ke yi xue hui za zhi [Journal]. Zhonghua Minguo xiao er ke yi xue hui - 1 Jan 2000
Lin C Y, Shieh J J
Abstract excerpt
Glycogen-storage disease type II, Pompe disease, is caused by the deficiency of acid alpha-D-glucosidase in lysosome. Previously we found that acid alpha-D-glucosidase did exist in the skin fibroblasts and there was also no difference of mRNA in quantity and size of Chinese infantile type Pompe disease patients in Taiwan. However, functional assay of the acid alpha-D-glucosidase of these patients showed its...
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