Glycogen storage disease (GSD) type IIIa (Forbes-Cori disease) can be associated with severe liver disease. A patient with GSD type IIIa may therefore be a potential candidate for liver transplantation. Progressive myopathy makes uncertain the outcome of the patient and the transplant. Herein, we report on the good results of liver transplantation up to 28 months after the transplantation in a ...

Glycogen storage disease type V (GSD-V) is the most common disorder of muscle glycogenosis with characteristic clinical and laboratory findings. A 32-yr-old woman complained of exercise intolerance and myoglobulinuria since early adolescence. She reported several episodes of second-wind phenomenon. Physical examination did not show any neurological abnormality, including fixed muscle weakness o...

Nihill, M. R., Wilson, D. S., and Hugh-Jones, K. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 122. Generalized glycogenosis type II (Pompe's disease). The characteristic clinical features of 2 cases of Pompe's disease are presented, namely, signs of a cardiomyopathy with skeletal hypotonia and a characteristic ECG with a short PR interval and high voltage QRS complexes. Glycogen storage diseas...