Abstract
IT is the purpose of this communication to present a case of hepatomegaly in a Negro girl who was subsequently shown to suffer from glycogen-storage disease. The definite diagnosis was made with the help of repeated glucagon tolerance tests, galactose tolerance test, microscopical tissue examination and biochemical tissue analysis. Thus, this was classified as a case of amylo-1.6-glucosidase deficiency, also known as Cori's disease, since Cori1 discovered this metabolic disorder and defined its enzymatic defect. To our knowledge, this is the first time the disease has been encountered in a member of the Negro race. Case Report S.W., a 7-month-old . . .
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