L-alanine supplementation in late infantile glycogen storage disease type II

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Bodamer, OA
Haas, D
Hermans, MM
Reuser, AJ
Hoffmann, GF
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[1] Univ Vienna, Dept Pediat, Childrens Hosp, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
[2] Heidelberg Univ, Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, D-6900 Heidelberg, Germany
[3] Erasmus Univ, Dept Clin Genet, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
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10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00413-7
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We report a male with late infantile glycogen storage disease type II (Pompe's disease) who presented at 12 months of age with muscular hypotonia and developmental delay. Oral supplementation with L-alanine has been administered for 5 years. Progression of skeletal myopathy Was slow, and cardiomyopathy resolved almost completely. L-alanine may be a valuable supplement for infants with glycogen storage disease type II. (C) 2002 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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