GSD type I (von Gierke disease) US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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GSD type I (von Gierke disease) Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: What is the mode of inheritance of glycogen storage diseases?_____
Answer: Autosomal recessive
Flashcard 2: The hallmark of what glycogen storage disease is a flat venous lactate curve with a rise in ammonia levels during exercise?_____
Answer: McArdle disease
Flashcard 3: Cori disease presents as a milder form of Von Gierke with _____ blood lactate levels
Answer: normal
Flashcard 4: Von Gierke disease is characterized by severe fasting _____
Answer: hypoglycemia
Flashcard 5: glycogen synthesis
Answer: glycogen synthase
Flashcard 6: glycogenolysis
Answer: glycogen phosphorylase
Flashcard 7: McArdle's disease (GSD type V)
Answer:
Extra: painful muscle cramps, myoglobinuria with strenuous exercise glycogen accumulation in muscle AR skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase mnemonic: Very Bad Carbohydrate Metabolism (the glycogen storage diseases in order)
Flashcard 8: Cori's disease (GSD type III)
Answer:
Extra: hepatomegaly fasting hypoglycemia, increased hepatic glycogen stores, normal blood lactate levels AR glycogen debranching enzyme mnemonic: Very Bad Carbohydrate Metabolism (the glycogen storage diseases in order)
Flashcard 9: von Gierke's disease (GSD type I)
Answer:
Extra: hepatomegaly severe fasting hypoglycemia, increased blood lactate very increased hepatic glycogen stores AR glucose-6-phosphatase mnemonic: Very Bad Carbohydrate Metabolism (the glycogen storage diseases in order)
Flashcard 10: Describe, in general, the glycogen storage diseases.
Answer: Diverse group of diseases resulting from defects in glycogen metabolism, characterized by an accumulation of glycogen within cells.
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