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Improved neutrophil function in a glycogen storage disease type 1b patient after liver transplantation.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Apr 2004
Adachi Masanori, Shinkai Masato, Ohhama Youkatsu, Tachibana Katsuhiko, Kuratsuji Tadatoshi, Saji Hiroh, Maruya Etsuko
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Patients with glycogen storage disease type 1b (GSD1b) not only show hepatomegaly, hypoglycaemia and lactic acidosis, but also neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction. Here, we report improvement of neutropenia and neutrophil function in a 22-year-old male GSD1b patient who had undergone living-related partial liver transplantation (LT) at 18 years of age. After LT, the patient's infectious episodes...
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