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Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation

Background

Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a group of inherited metabolic disorders which affect all parts of the body, particularly the brain. Other organs may be affected to some degree including the liver, intestines, pancreas, kidney, heart and gonads. Different problems are found in the different forms of CDG and over 20 different CDG subtypes are known, previously named Carbohydrate Deficient Glycoprotein syndromes.

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Medical text written June 2002 by Dr A Morris, Consultant Paediatrician with Special Interest in Metabolic disease, Willink Biochemical Genetics Unit, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated November 2008 by S Grünewald, Consultant Metabolic Medicine GOSH, London UK.

 

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