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yu
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02/17/07 - 12:21 AM

I feel so difficult to memorize those glycogen storage diseases. Does anybody have good method to remember which is Von-Giekes' disease, Pompe's disease, etc?
Thank you!

mjl1717
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02/17/07 - 08:12 AM

i remember Von Gieke-Glucose 6 phosphtase deficiency with hypoglycemia and weakness-hepatomegaly...

Pompe -cardiomegaly, as i remember alpha 1,4 glucosidase deficiency..

also Anderson branching deficency, and Cori debranching deficiency,, Mc Ardle muscle phophoylase defiency muscle weakness.. There is also Hers disease which I forgot..

Edited by mjl1717 on 02/17/07 - 08:21 AM

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yu
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02/18/07 - 12:29 PM

mjl1717 wrote:
i remember Von Gieke-Glucose 6 phosphtase deficiency with hypoglycemia and weakness-hepatomegaly...

Pompe -cardiomegaly, as i remember alpha 1,4 glucosidase deficiency..

also Anderson branching deficency, and Cori debranching deficiency,, Mc Ardle muscle phophoylase defiency muscle weakness.. There is also Hers disease which I forgot..

Thank you for your suggestion.
I think I try to memorize too many things, then nothing I remembered. If I just take hypoglycemia and hepatomegaly for Von Gieke's Disease and cardiomegaly for Pompe's disease, that will be much easy to remember.
I guess most time they will test us Von Gieke's disease.
Thank you again!

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