New Patient Education Resource on GPI Disorders

 

The newest FCDGC patient education resource is now available!!

 

The Mayo Clinic and Frontiers in CDG Consortium developed a new patient education booklet on GPI Disorders: “GPI Anchor Disorders: A Subtype of Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG)”.

 

Access the resource on our website here!

Treatment Options in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation

 

“Despite advances in the identification and diagnosis of congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG), treatment options remain limited and are often constrained to symptomatic management of disease manifestations. However, recent years have seen significant advances in treatment and novel therapies aimed both at the causative defect and secondary disease manifestations have been transferred from bench to bedside. In this review, [the authors] aim to give a detailed overview of the available therapies and rising concepts to treat these ultra-rare diseases.”

 

Read the review article here

 

Journal Reference:

Park & Marquardt. (2021) Treatment Options in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation. Frontiers In Genetics. 10.3389/fgene.2021.735348