ALLMedicine™ Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease Center

Jan 12th, 2023 - Adult polyglucosan body disease (APBD) is caused by bi-allelic pathogenic variants in GBE1 and typically shows middle age onset urinary symptoms followed by progressive gait disturbances and possibly cognitive decline. Here we present a Belgian co...

Dec 2nd, 2022 - Adult polyglucosan body disease (APBD) is a progressive neurogenetic disorder caused by 1,4-alpha-glucan branching enzyme 1 (GBE1) mutation with an accumulation of polyglucosan bodies (PBs) in the central and peripheral nervous systems as a pathol...

Mar 30th, 2022 - Adult polyglucosan body disease (APBD) and Lafora disease (LD) are autosomal recessive glycogen storage neurological disorders. APBD is caused by mutations in the glycogen branching enzyme (GBE1) gene and is characterized by progressive upper and ...

Jan 28th, 2022 - Longer glucan chains tend to precipitate. Glycogen, by far the largest mammalian glucan and the largest molecule in the cytosol with up to 55 000 glucoses, does not, due to a highly regularly branched spherical structure that allows it to be perfu...

Jun 10th, 2021 - We used a multimodal approach including detailed phenotyping, whole exome sequencing (WES) and candidate gene filters to diagnose rare neurological diseases in individuals referred by tertiary neurology centres. WES was performed on 66 individuals...

Mar 5th, 2018 - Adult polyglucosan disease is a progressive neurogenetic disorder characterized by neurogenic bladder, progressive difficulty with walking, and sensory abnormalities in the lower extremities which typically present in the 4th or 5th decade of life...

Sep 23rd, 2016 - Grants made possible by the “Million Dollar Bike Ride” and rare disease patient organizations are now available through the University of Pennsylvania Orphan Disease Center. September 16 is the deadline for letters of intent.

Sep 23rd, 2016 - Grants made possible by the “Million Dollar Bike Ride” and rare disease patient organizations are now available through the University of Pennsylvania Orphan Disease Center. September 16 is the deadline for letters of intent.

May 13th, 2016 - The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) will develop longitudinal natural history studies with 20 rare disease patient organizations to advance understanding of rare diseases and support research. The project is supported in part by a.

Oct 20th, 2015 - APBD is a genetic disorder that is frequently misdiagnosed as ALS, MS, and other neurological conditions. Early symptoms usually include bladder dysfunction and gait problems.