Biochemistry MCQ 003

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A 5 year old child has massive liver enlargement and severe persistent hypoglycemia and ketosis. which of the following disease classes should be suspected?

A. Diabetes
The Diseases Of The Liver: Jaundice, Gallstones, Enlargements, Tumors And Cancer, And Their Treatment (1895)B. Glycogen storage disease
C. Lysosomal storage disorder
D. Mucopolysaccharidoses
E. Urea Cycle defect


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Anonymous said...
10/23/2008 12:37 AM

glycogen storage disease
* Impairment of glycogenolysis also causes the characteristic enlargement of the liver due to accumulation of glycogen
* The hypoglycemia of GSD I is termed "fasting", or "post-absorptive", meaning that it occurs after completion of digestion of a meal-- usually about 4 hours later. This inability to maintain adequate blood glucose levels during fasting results from the combined impairment of both glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis.

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