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From: Diagnosis and treatment of late-onset Pompe disease in the Middle East and North Africa region: consensus recommendations from an expert group

Fig. 3

Muscle biopsy from left brachioradialis of a 40-year-old man with LOPD. He had had progressive limb–girdle muscle weakness since adulthood. a Slight variation in fiber size and some internalized nuclei with tiny cytoplasmic vacuoles in few fibers (H&E x400). b Only a little accumulation of glycogen in few fibers as punctate staining (PAS x400). c Tiny cytoplasmic vacuoles in few fibers. (Gomori trichrome x400). d Immunolabeling of dystrophin. Dot-like labelling of tiny membrane-bound cytoplasmic vacuoles in some fibers (Dystrophin 1, Biogenex Co. x400). Images provided by Dr Yalda Nilipour

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