PracticeUpdate: Conference Series - The Best of ICIEM 2017

can wait for a median of 12.6 years after symptom onset before a definitive diagnosis 1 POMPE DISEASE People with Late-Onset

Don’t delay the diagnosis of this rare & life-threatening condition that can affect both juveniles and adults 1 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

Email DBSkits@sanofi.com to request your free dried blood spot (DBS) kits to screen and test for Pompe disease.

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.

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