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Don’t delay the diagnosis of this rare & life-threatening
condition that can affect both juveniles and adults
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Test promptly for Late-Onset Pompe disease in patients with proximal muscle weakness,
respiratory insufficiency, unclassified limb-girdle muscular dystrophy,
or asymptomatic hyperCKemia with unknown cause.
2,3
References: 1.
Kishnani PS
et al. Am J Med Genet A.
2013; 161: 2431–43.
2.
Kishnani PS
et al. Genet Med
2006; 8: 267–88.
3.
Musumeci O
et al. J Neurol
Neurosurg Psychiatry
2016; 87: 5–11. Sanofi-aventis Australia Pty Ltd trading as Sanofi Genzyme ABN 31 008 558 807. Talavera Corporate Centre,
Building D, 12–24 Talavera Road, Macquarie Park, NSW 2113. GZANZ.MYOZ.17.04.0053a. August 2017. AM7073.
to request your free dried blood spot (DBS) kits
to screen and test for Pompe disease.
can wait for a median of
12.6
years after symptom
onset before a definitive
diagnosis
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POMPE DISEASE
People with Late-Onset