Type IV glycogen storage disease: first reported case in Thailand.
Glycogen storage disease type IV is rare. The disease is characterized by widespread storage of a polysaccharide similar to amylopectin. An autopsy case of a 6-year-old Thai boy with cirrhosis and deposits in the liver, heart, muscle and central nervous system was described along with histochemical and electron microscopic findings.
Hemsrichart
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Karalak
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Thakerngpol
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Stitnimankarn
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D002648:Child; D006008:Glycogen Storage Disease / Q000473:pathology; D006011:Glycogen Storage Disease Type IV / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013785:Thailand