Medical Definition of Glycogen storage disease type I
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An autosomal recessive disease in which gene expression of glucose-6-phosphatase is absent, resulting in hypoglycaemia due to lack of glucose production.
Accumulation of glycogen in liver and kidney leads to organomegaly, particularly massive hepatomegaly. Increased concentrations of lactic acid and hyperlipidemia appear in the plasma. Clinical gout often appears in early childhood.
Inheritance: autosomal recessive.
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycogen Storage Disease Type I
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