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Encyclopedia > Glycogen storage disease type III
Glycogen storage disease type III
ICD-10 code: E74.0
ICD-9 code: 271.0

Glycogen storage disease type III is characterized by a deficiency in glycogen debranching enzymes. It is also known as Cori's disease and Forbe's disease. It occurs in 1 in every 100,000 live births and it generally affects the liver. The following codes are used with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... A debranching enzyme is a molecule that helps facilitate the breakdown of glycogen. ...


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Glycogen storage disease - glycogen storage disease type 1a (216 words)
Glycogen storage disease is any one of several inborn errors of metabolism that result from enzyme defects that affect the processing of glycogen synthesis glycogen liver and glycogen storage disease storage disease type v11 or breakdown within muscles, liver, and other cell types.
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Indian Pediatrics - Case Reports (1050 words)
Type III glycogen storage disease (GSD), an autosomal recessive disease, is caused by deficient glycogen debranching enzyme (GDE) activity.
Increased glycogen content in his erythrocytes and deficiency of amylo-1-6 glucosidase activity in the leukocytes was in agreement with a diagnosis of glycogenosis type III.
Differ-entiation between type I and type III GSD was made by the intravenous glucagon test in the immediate post-prandial period when there is usually a rise in blood sugar levels in type III but not in type I patients(4).
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