McArdle Disease Report
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McArdle Disease is a metabolic myopathy caused by an enzymatic defect that does not allow energy production in muscle tissue, resulting in exercise-induced painful cramps, premature muscle fatigue, rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria. The inheritance is autosomal recessive and the age of onset is in childhood.
Among the various clinical investigations that can be done to evaluate McArdle Disease, the genetic test is the one that allows the diagnosis to be established with certainty, through the identification of homozygous or compound heterozygous variants in the PYGM gene.
The analysis takes into consideration the mutation of germline DNA, it investigates SNP and Indel mutations up to 150 bp.
- Available in less than 24 hours
- Based on Whole Genome Sequencing
- 1 gene analyzed
- Investigates SNP and Indel mutations up to 150 bp
List of main conditions:
- McArdle disease
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