A group of inherited metabolic disorders involving the enzymes responsible for the synthesis and degradation of glycogen. In some patients, prominent liver involvement is presented. In others, more generalized storage of glycogen occurs, sometimes with prominent cardiac involvement.
Synonyms: Storage Disease, Glycogen, Glycogenosis, Storage Diseases, Glycogen, Diseases, Glycogen Storage, Disease, Glycogen Storage, Glycogen Storage Diseases, Glycogen Storage Disease, Glycogenoses
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use GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE to search GLYCOGENOSIS 1966-88 ,89; was GLYCOGENOSIS 1963-88 ,an inborn error of carbohydrate metab; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES
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D006008