Glycogen storage disease with severe cardiomyopathy due to glycogenin deficiency

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Glycogen storage disease with severe cardiomyopathy due to glycogenin deficiency

Synonyms: GSD type 15 | GSD type XV | GSD with severe cardiomyopathy due to glycogenin deficiency | Glycogen storage disease type 15 | Glycogen storage disease type XV | Glycogenosis type 15 | Glycogenosis type XV | Glycogenosis with severe cardiomyopathy due to glycogenin deficiency

A rare autosomal recessive glycogen storage disease characterized by severe cardiomyopathy and cardiac dilatation potentially progressing to heart failure requiring transplantation. Cardiomyocytes show large inclusions of storage material consistent with polyglucosan. Clinical evidence of skeletal muscle involvement is usually absent.

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Advocacy Organizations

Association Aux Pas du Coeur

Our organization wants to raise awareness and recognize rare diseases in Côte d'Ivoire. Our mission is to: Raising awareness and campaigning to help with the diagnosis and free therapeutic care of patients. Request and/or contribute to actions relating to the training of the medical profession so that doctors are able to make a final diagnosis and ensure the continuous follow-up of patients. Create a patient registry to establish very precise statistics of rare diseases in Côte d'Ivoire. Create a close-knit patient community. Break the isolation and despair of sick people and their families. Open up to the world and actively contribute to international research aimed at treatments.

Mississippi Metabolics Foundation

Mississippi Metabolics Foundation (MMF) was founded to raise awareness, educate, and provide support to those living or caring for someone with genetic metabolic disorders/inborn errors of metabolism (IEM).

association for glycogen storage disease

The Association for Glycogen Storage Disease (AGSD) is a patient advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the best interest of all persons affected by the glycogen storage disease. • AGSD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of glycogen storage disease through programs of education, advocacy, research, and patient services.

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