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Discovery of a Genetic Metabolic Cause for Mauriac Syndrome in Type 1 Diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Jul 2016
MacDonald Michael J, Hasan Noaman M, Ansari Israr-Ul H, Longacre Melissa J, Kendrick Mindy A, Stoker Scott W
Abstract excerpt
A mechanistic cause for Mauriac syndrome, a syndrome of growth failure and delayed puberty associated with massive liver enlargement from glycogen deposition in children with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes, is unknown. We discovered a mutation in the catalytic subunit of liver glycogen phosphorylase kinase in a patient with Mauriac syndrome whose liver extended into his pelvis. Glycogen phosphorylase kinase...
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