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The variable clinical phenotype of three patients with hepatic glycogen synthase deficiency.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Apr 2017
Kasapkara Çiğdem Seher, Aycan Zehra, Açoğlu Esma, Senel Saliha, Oguz Melek Melahat, Ceylaner Serdar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Glycogen synthase deficiency, also known as glycogenosis (GSD) type 0 is an inborn error of glycogen metabolism caused by mutations in the GYS2 gene, which is transmitted in an autosomal recessive trait. It is a rare form of hepatic glycogen storage disease with less than 30 cases reported in the literature so far. The disorder is characterized by fasting hyperketotic hypoglycemia without...
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