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Published on: December 23, 2014
Mutation spectrum of type I glycogen storage disease in Hungary
G Miltenberger-Miltenyi1, L Szonyi, L Balogh
1Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. Gabriel.Miltenberger@uibk.ac.at
Abstract:
We performed mutation analysis in 12 Hungarian type I glycogen storage disease (GSD I) patients in order to determine the mutation spectrum. All patients were clinically classified as GSD Ia. Nine patients carried biallelic G6PC mutations (p.Q27fsX35, p.D38V, p.W70X, p.K76N, p.W77R, p.R83C, p.E110Q, p.G222R), with E110Q reported only in Hungary. However, three patients displayed two common G6PT1 (SLC37A4) mutations (p.L348fsX400, p.C183R) which were originally described in association with GSD Inon-a. Review of the literature and our data show that G6PT1 mutations are not associated with neutropenia and related clinical findings in approximately 10% of these cases. Homozygosity for the truncating G6PT1 mutation p.L348fsX400 can be observed with and without neutropenia, indicating that one or more modifiers of the action of G6PT1 exist. Our data are suitable to provide DNA-based and thus noninvasive confirmation of diagnosis in Hungarian patients with this disorder.
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