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glycogen storage disease due to lactate dehydrogenase M-subunit deficiency

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Disease Overview

A condition that affects how the body breaks down sugar to use as energy in muscle cells. People withthis conditionexperience fatigue, muscle pain, and cramps during exercise (exercise intolerance). In some people,high-intensity exercise or other strenuous activity leads to the breakdown of muscle tissue (rhabdomyolysis), which can lead to myoglobinuria (rust-colored urine indicating breakdown of muscle tissue) and kidney damage. A skin rash may also develop. The severity of the signs and symptoms varies greatly among affected individuals. Lactate dehydrogenase A deficiency is caused by mutations in the LDHA gene. This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.

Synonyms

  • GSD 11
  • GSD XI
  • GSD due to lactate dehydrogenase M-subunit deficiency
  • GSD type 11
  • GSD11
  • LDH-M subunit deficiency
  • LDHA glycogen storage disease
  • glycogen storage disease XI
  • glycogen storage disease caused by mutation in LDHA
  • glycogen storage disease type 11
  • glycogenosis due to lactate dehydrogenase M-subunit deficiency
  • glycogenosis type 11
  • lactate dehydrogenase A deficiency
  • lactate dehydrogenase deficiency type A
GARD Disease Summary

The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) has information and resources for patients, caregivers, and families that may be helpful before and after diagnosis of this condition. GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Orphanet has a summary about this condition that may include information on the diagnosis, care, and treatment as well as other resources. Some of the information and resources are available in languages other than English. The summary may include medical terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. Orphanet is the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research and the Health Programme of the European Union.

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Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) has a summary of published research about this condition and includes references from the medical literature. The summary contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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