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Glycogen storage disease due to glucose-6-phosphate system deficiency

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Link to WHO Definition

Glycogen storage disease due to glucose-6-phosphate system deficiency – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/523888904

Glycogenosis due to glucose-6-phosphatase (G6P) deficiency or glycogen storage disease, (GSD), type 1, is a group of inherited metabolic diseases, including types a and b (see these terms), and characterised by poor tolerance to fasting, growth retardation and hepatomegaly resulting from accumulation of glycogen and fat in the liver.