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Gouty tendinitis revealing glycogen storage disease Type Ia in two adolescents.
Joint bone spine - 1 Mar 2003
Carvès Céline, Duquenoy Anne, Toutain Fabienne, Trioche P, Zarnitski Charles, Le Roux Pascal, Le Luyer Bernard
Abstract excerpt
Hyperuricemia is a well-known consequence of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) deficiency, the enzymatic abnormality that characterizes glycogen storage disease (GSD) Type Ia. However, acute gout as the presenting manifestation of GSD Type Ia has been reported in only a few patients. We report a new case in a 17-year-old male evaluated for acute gouty tendinitis in the right Achilles tendon. Blood tests showed...
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