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Glycogenosis type IV: liver transplant at 12 years.

Abstract
Hepatomegaly, the presenting feature of type IV glycogen storage disease at 20 months of age, regressed during childhood. The patient remained asymptomatic until 12 years of age when, after an episode of shock, septicaemia, and spontaneous peritonitis, liver transplantation was successfully performed.
AuthorsA Dhawan, K C Tan, B Portmann, A P Mowat
JournalArchives of disease in childhood (Arch Dis Child) Vol. 71 Issue 5 Pg. 450-1 (Nov 1994) ISSN: 1468-2044 [Electronic] England
PMID7826120 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Child, Preschool
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Glycogen Storage Disease Type IV (complications)
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis (etiology, surgery)
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Male

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