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Descriptor English:   Glycogen Storage Disease Type IV 
Descriptor Spanish:   Enfermedad del Almacenamiento de Glucógeno Tipo IV 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Doença de Depósito de Glicogênio Tipo IV 
Synonyms English:   Amylopectinosis
Andersen Disease
Brancher Deficiency
Glycogenosis 4  
Tree Number:   C16.320.565.202.449.540
C18.452.648.202.449.540
Definition English:   An autosomal recessive metabolic disorder due to a deficiency in expression of GLYCOGEN BRANCHING ENZYME 1 (alpha-1,4-glucan-6-alpha-glucosyltransferase), resulting in an accumulation of abnormal GLYCOGEN with long outer branches. Clinical features are MUSCLE HYPOTONIA and CIRRHOSIS. Death from liver disease usually occurs before age 2. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse with ANDERSEN SYNDROME, a potassium-sensitive familial periodic paralysis
History Note English:   91(89); was see under GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE 1989-90; was GLYCOGENOSIS 4 see under GLYCOGENOSIS 1975-88 
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Record Number:   24394 
Unique Identifier:   D006011 

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