We describe partial characterization and properties of leucocyte a-glucosidase from a patient with clinical features intermediate of juvenile and adult onset forms of glycogenosis type II. Acid and neutral a-glucosidase activities toward 4-methylumbelliferyl glucopyranoside as substrate were studied in total leucocytes, and separately in lymphocytes and granulocytes. Lymphocytes, which showed markedly reduced activities of acid a-glucosidase in the patient, are the most reliable peripheral blood cells for the diagnosis of glycogenosis type II. Moreover, the ratio of acid/ neutral a-glucosidase activities, especially in lymphocytes, is a useful parameter for the diagnosis. In lymphocytes, the Km values of both acid and neutral a-glucosidases were essentially the same between the patient and normal controls ; the Vmax value of acid a-glucosidase from the patient was markedly reduced, and the Vmax value of neutral a-glucosidase from the patient was reduced by 36% as compared with that from normal controls. Heat-inactivation experiments revealed that acid a-glucosidase activities of lymphocytes were relatively heatstable, while both acid and neutral a-glucosidases of granulocytes were heat-labile. No differences in these properties, however, could be detected between the patient and normal controls.Pompe's disease ; glycogenosis type II; aglucosidase ; leucocytes ; lymphocytes Glycogenosis type II, a condition resulting from the deficiency of lysosomal acid a-glucosidase, is classified into two forms : a generalized form and a muscular form. In the generalized form, patients manifest clinical symptoms of generalized muscle weakness, cardiomegaly, and hepatomegaly in the first months of life and die within their first or second year (infantile form). Many cases show