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Accumulation of glycogen in sural nerve axons in adult-onset type III glycogenosis. 1986

Y Ugawa, and K Inoue, and T Takemura, and T Iwamasa

A 42-year-old man with adult-onset type III glycogenosis (Cori's disease) developed a gradually progressive polyneuropathy with markedly reduced activity of muscle amylo-1,6-glucosidase and glycogen accumulation within all elements of biopsied sural nerve, including axons, as shown by ultrastructural assessment.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008854	Microscopy, Electron	Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen.	Electron Microscopy
D009132	Muscles	Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.	Muscle Tissue,Muscle,Muscle Tissues,Tissue, Muscle,Tissues, Muscle
D006003	Glycogen
D006008	Glycogen Storage Disease	A group of inherited metabolic disorders involving the enzymes responsible for the synthesis and degradation of glycogen. In some patients, prominent liver involvement is presented. In others, more generalized storage of glycogen occurs, sometimes with prominent cardiac involvement.	Glycogenosis,Disease, Glycogen Storage,Diseases, Glycogen Storage,Glycogen Storage Diseases,Glycogenoses,Storage Disease, Glycogen,Storage Diseases, Glycogen
D006010	Glycogen Storage Disease Type III	An autosomal recessive metabolic disorder due to deficient expression of amylo-1,6-glucosidase (one part of the glycogen debranching enzyme system). The clinical course of the disease is similar to that of glycogen storage disease type I, but milder. Massive hepatomegaly, which is present in young children, diminishes and occasionally disappears with age. Levels of glycogen with short outer branches are elevated in muscle, liver, and erythrocytes. Six subgroups have been identified, with subgroups Type IIIa and Type IIIb being the most prevalent.	Cori's Disease,Debrancher Deficiency,Forbes Disease,Glycogen Debranching Enzyme Deficiency,Glycogenosis 3,Limit Dextrinosis,Amylo-1,6-Glucosidase Deficiency,Cori Disease,Deficiency, Debrancher,Glycogen Debrancher Deficiency,Glycogen Storage Disease III,Glycogen Storage Disease Type 3,Amylo 1,6 Glucosidase Deficiency,Amylo-1,6-Glucosidase Deficiencies,Coris Disease,Debrancher Deficiencies,Debrancher Deficiencies, Glycogen,Debrancher Deficiency, Glycogen,Deficiencies, Amylo-1,6-Glucosidase,Deficiencies, Debrancher,Deficiencies, Glycogen Debrancher,Deficiency, Amylo-1,6-Glucosidase,Deficiency, Glycogen Debrancher,Dextrinoses, Limit,Dextrinosis, Limit,Disease, Cori,Disease, Cori's,Disease, Forbes,Glycogen Debrancher Deficiencies,Glycogenosis 3s,Limit Dextrinoses
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001369	Axons	Nerve fibers that are capable of rapidly conducting impulses away from the neuron cell body.	Axon
D001706	Biopsy	Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body.	Biopsies