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G6PC / SLC37A4 AR unreviewed

Von Gierke disease (GSD I)

Enzyme or protein defect

Glucose-6-phosphatase

Accumulates or becomes deficient

Glycogen, G6P; low blood glucose

Key features

Severe fasting hypoglycaemia, lactic acidosis, hyperuricaemia, hyperlipidaemia, doll-like facies, hepatomegaly

Management

Frequent glucose/cornstarch feeds; avoid fructose and galactose

Not clinical guidance. Written from standard clinical biochemistry, not from the uploaded documents, and marked unreviewed. Teaching-level reference for study and database seeding only. It must not be used to manage a patient.

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