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. 2000 Jun;82(6):479–480. doi: 10.1136/adc.82.6.479

Hepatocellular carcinoma in glycogen storage disease type IV

R A de Moor 1, J Schweizer 1, B van Hoek 1, M Wasser 1, R Vink 1, P Maaswinkel-Mooy 1
PMCID: PMC1718356  PMID: 10833181

Abstract

A 13 year old patient with juvenile type IV glycogen storage disease died of the complications of hepatocellular carcinoma. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of hepatocellular carcinoma in association with type IV glycogen storage disease.



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