Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Glycogen Storage Disease Type I  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An autosomal recessive disease in which gene expression of glucose-6-phosphatase is absent, resulting in hypoglycemia due to lack of glucose production. Accumulation of glycogen in liver and kidney leads to organomegaly, particularly massive hepatomegaly. Increased concentrations of lactic acid and hyperlipidemia appear in the plasma. Clinical gout often appears in early childhood.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Deficiency, Glucosephosphatase
  • Gierke Disease
  • Gierke's Disease
  • Glucose-6-Phosphatase Deficiency
  • Glucosephosphatase Deficiency
  • Glycogenosis 1
  • Glycogen Storage Disease 1 (GSD I)
  • Hepatorenal Glycogen Storage Disease
  • von Gierke Disease
  • von Gierke's Disease

In other languages

  • French

  • Déficit en glucose-6-phosphatase
  • Glycogénose de type 1
  • Glycogénose de von Gierke
  • Glycogénose hépato-rénale
  • Glycogénose hépatorénale
  • Maladie de von Gierke

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z2BZRPNK-6

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 7/8/13