Glycogen Storage Disease Type VIII
"Glycogen Storage Disease Type VIII" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An x-linked recessive hepatic glycogen storage disease resulting from lack of expression of phosphorylase-b-kinase activity. Symptoms are relatively mild; hepatomegaly, increased liver glycogen, and decreased leukocyte phosphorylase are present. Liver shrinkage occurs in response to glucagon.
| Descriptor ID |
D006015
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.320.322.217 C16.320.565.202.449.620 C18.452.648.202.449.620
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