Medical Definition of Glycogen storage disease type viii
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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.
Inheritance: X-linked recessive
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycogen Storage Disease Type VIII
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