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Glycogenosis type II: a juvenile-specific mutation with an unusual splicing pattern and a shared mutation in African Americans.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1997
Adams E M, Becker J A, Griffith L, Segal A, Plotz P H, Raben N
Abstract excerpt
The recessively inherited deficiency of acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) called Glycogenosis Type II is expressed as three different phenotypes: infantile, juvenile, and adult. At the molecular level, infantile and adult forms of the disease have been extensively studied, but little is known regarding the genetic defects associated with the juvenile form. We describe a novel mutation that defines the intermediate...
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