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Pompe disease (GSD II)

Lysosomal glycogen degradation

Enzyme or protein defect

Acid alpha-glucosidase

Accumulates or becomes deficient

Lysosomal glycogen

Key features

Cardiomegaly, hypotonia, early death in infantile form

Management

Enzyme replacement (alglucosidase alfa)

Not clinical guidance. Written from standard clinical biochemistry, not from the uploaded documents, and marked unreviewed. Teaching-level reference for study and database seeding only. It must not be used to manage a patient.

Recent literature

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  1. 1
    Glycogen and Glycosylation: Friends or Foes?

    Konada R, Osborn J, Mitra S. · 2026-06-01

    open access unreviewed
  2. 2
    Cell Death in Skeletal Muscle Diseases: Diverse Roles and Pathological Processes.

    Yang YL, Guo L. · 2026-04-22

    open access unreviewed
  3. 3
    Genetic Mutations Underlying Growth Impairment and Cardiomyopathies in Children: Molecular Mechanisms, Clinical Implications and Targeted Therapies.

    Dicorato MM, De Sario G, Carella MC, Guaricci AI, Ciccone MM, Forleo C, D'Amato G, Faienza MF. · 2026-03-23

    open access unreviewed
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    α-Glucosidase-driven metabolism as a potential therapeutic vulnerability in <i>Candida albicans</i>.

    Mitra J, Sajeevan A, Sujith S, Paramasivam S, Shanmugam K, Solomon AP. · 2026-04-13

    open access unreviewed
  6. 6
    Prevalence and incidence rates of 17 neuromuscular disorders: An updated review of the literature.

    Deenen JC, Verbeek AL, Verschuuren JJ, van Engelen BG, Voermans NC. · 2025-03-04

    cited 16× open access unreviewed
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    Integrative Approaches to Myopathies and Muscular Dystrophies: Molecular Mechanisms, Diagnostics, and Future Therapies.

    Ziemian M, Szmydtka J, Snoch W, Milner S, Wojciechowski S, Dłuszczakowska A, Chojnowski JW, Pallach Z, Żamojd… · 2025-08-18

    cited 2× open access unreviewed
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    Immune remodulation in pediatric inherited metabolic liver diseases.

    Wu YC, Xiang XL, Yong JK, Li M, Li LM, Lv ZC, Zhou Y, Sun XC, Zhang ZJ, Tong H, He XY, Xia Q, Feng H. · 2024-09-01

    cited 1× open access unreviewed
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