Clinical utility gene card for McArdle disease.

ABSTRACT

Name of the disease (synonyms) McArdle disease (glycogenosis type V; glycogen storage disease V (GSDV); PYGM deficiency; muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency; myophosphorylase deficiency). OMIM# of the disease #232600. Name of the analysed genes or DNA/chromosome segments Muscle glycogen phosphoryalse (PYGM). OMIM# of the gene(s) #608455.Review of the analytical and clinical validity as well as of the clinical utility of DNA-based testing for variants in the PYGM gene(s) in⊠ diagnostic,⊠ predictive and⊠ prenatal settings and for⊠ risk assessment in relatives.