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SUBMITTER: De Filippi P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4249737 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
De Filippi Paola P Saeidi Kolsoum K Ravaglia Sabrina S Dardis Andrea A Angelini Corrado C Mongini Tiziana T Morandi Lucia L Moggio Maurizio M Di Muzio Antonio A Filosto Massimiliano M Bembi Bruno B Giannini Fabio F Marrosu Giovanni G Rigoldi Miriam M Tonin Paola P Servidei Serenella S Siciliano Gabriele G Carlucci Annalisa A Scotti Claudia C Comelli Mario M Toscano Antonio A Danesino Cesare C
Orphanet journal of rare diseases 20140808
<h4>Background</h4>Pompe's disease is a progressive myopathy caused by mutations in the lysosomal enzyme acid alphaglucosidase gene (GAA). A wide clinical variability occurs also in patients sharing the same GAA mutations, even within the same family.<h4>Methods</h4>For a large series of GSDII patients we collected some clinical data as age of onset of the disease, presence or absence of muscular pain, Walton score, 6-Minute Walking Test, Vital Capacity, and Creatine Kinase. DNA was extracted an ...[more]