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On the nomenclature of congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG)

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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A new nomenclature of CDG is proposed because the current one is too complex for clinicians and provides no added value.

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  1. Center for Metabolic Disease, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    J. Jaeken

  2. Department of Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    T. Hennet

  3. Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, USA

    H. H. Freeze

  4. Center for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    G. Matthijs

  5. Universitaire Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, Leuven, B-3000, Belgium

    J. Jaeken

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Communicating editor: Verena Peters

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Jaeken, J., Hennet, T., Freeze, H.H. et al. On the nomenclature of congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG). J Inherit Metab Dis 31, 669–672 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10545-008-0983-x

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