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Intermittent and recurrent hepatomegaly due to glycogen storage in a patient with type 1 diabetes: genetic analysis of the liver glycogen phosphorylase gene (PYGL).
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Aug 2004
Tomihira Masako, Kawasaki Eiji, Nakajima Hiromu, Imamura Yutaka, Sato Yuichi, Sata Michio, Kage Masayoshi, Sugie Hideo, Nunoi Kiyohide
Abstract excerpt
We report a 19-year-old woman who had a history of type 1 diabetes with recurrent glycogen accumulation in the liver. During her infantile period she presented with no hepatomegaly nor growth retardation. On admission she was diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). She also had hepatomegaly and elevated transaminase levels, but these abnormalities had resolved after administration of insulin. However, 4 weeks...
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