Classification | Key clinical findings | Diagnosis | Therapy |
GSD 0a (MIM #240600, glycogen synthase 2 deficiency in liver) | - Ketotic hypoglycemia
- No hepatomegaly
| - Liver biopsy and enzyme testing
- DNA testing
| - Uncooked cornstarch
- Commercial glucose polymers (eg, Glycosade)
- Liver transplantation
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GSD 0b (MIM #611556, muscle glycogen synthase deficiency) | - Cardiomyopathy
- Exercise intolerance
- Weakness
| - Muscle biopsy (glycogen depletion)
- Enzyme assay
- DNA testing
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GSD I (MIM #232200; GSD Ia, von Gierke disease, glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency; GSD Ib due to q transport defect) | - Ketotic hypoglycemia
- Hepatomegaly
| - DNA testing
- Liver biopsy
- Enzyme assay
| - Uncooked cornstarch
- Allopurinol
- Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)
- Commercial glucose polymers (eg, Glycosade)
- Liver transplantation
|
Lysosomal acid maltase deficiency (MIM #232300, Pompe disease, GSD II*) | - Hypotonia
- Muscle weakness
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Rhabdomyolysis
| - Fibroblast, leukocyte, muscle, or liver enzyme assay
- DNA testing
| - Enzyme replacement therapy
- Commercial glucose polymers (eg, Glycosade)
- Liver transplantation
|
Lysosome-associated membrane protein 2 (LAMP2) deficiency (MIM #300257, Danon disease, GSD IIb*) | - Hypotonia
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Rhabdomyolysis
| - Muscle biopsy
- DNA testing
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GSD III (MIM #232400, glycogen debrancher deficiency) | - Ketotic hypoglycemia
- Hepatomegaly
| - Fibroblast or liver enzyme assay
- DNA testing
| - Uncooked cornstarch
- Commercial glucose polymers (eg, Glycosade)
- Liver transplantation
|
GSD IV (MIM #232500, glycogen branching enzyme deficiency) | - Hepatomegaly
- Cirrhosis
- Rare neuromuscular presentations, such as fetal akinesia sequence, myopathy, axonal neuropathy, adult polyglucosan body disease
| - Fibroblast, muscle, or liver biopsy
- DNA testing
| - Commercial glucose polymers (eg, Glycosade)
- Liver transplantation
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GSD V (MIM #232600, McArdle disease, muscle phosphorylase deficiency) | - Fatigability
- Myoglobinuria
- Rhabdomyolysis
| - Muscle biopsy
- Muscle enzyme assay
- DNA testing
| - Sucrose prior to exercise
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GSD VI (MIM #232700, Hers disease, liver phosphorylase deficiency) | - Hepatomegaly
- Mild hypoglycemia
| - Liver biopsy and enzyme assay
- DNA testing
| - Commercial glucose polymers (eg, Glycosade)
- Liver transplantation
|
GSD VII (MIM #232800, Tarui disease, phosphofructokinase deficiency in muscle) | - Fatigability
- Myoglobinuria
- Rhabdomyolysis
| - Muscle enzyme assay
- DNA testing
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Phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency (MIM #311800) | - Hemolysis
- Fatigability
- Myoglobinuria
- CNS dysfunction
- Rhabdomyolysis
| - Muscle/RBC enzyme assay
- DNA testing
| - Bone marrow transplantation
|
GSD IX (phosphorylase kinase deficiency; IX a1, MIM #306000, formerly GSD VIII, alpha-2 subunit defect in liver; IXb, MIM #261750, beta subunit defect in liver; IXc, MIM #613027, gamma subunit defect in liver and muscle; IXd, MIM #300559, alpha subunit defect in muscle) | - Hepatomegaly
- Mild hypoglycemia
- Fatigability
- Exercise intolerance
| - Liver/muscle biopsy
- Enzyme assay
- DNA testing
| - Commercial glucose polymers (eg, Glycosade)
- Liver transplantation
|
GSD X (MIM #261670, phosphoglycerate mutase deficiency) | - Fatigability
- Myoglobinuria
- Exercise intolerance
- Rhabdomyolysis
| - Muscle biopsy and enzyme assay
- DNA testing
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GSD XI (MIM #612933; lactate dehydrogenase A [LDHA, MIM #150000] deficiency and lactate dehydrogenase B deficiency [LDHB, MIM #150100]) | - Fatigability
- Myoglobinuria
- Rhabdomyolysis
| - Muscle or RBC enzyme assay
- DNA testing
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GLUT2 deficiency (MIM #138160; Fanconi-Bickel syndrome) | - Growth retardation
- Renal Fanconi syndrome
- Galactosemia
| - Clinical features
- DNA testing
| - Frequent, small meals
- Uncooked cornstarch or nocturnal enteral nutrition
- Electrolytes, carnitine, and vitamin D as needed
- Restriction of galactose
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GSD XII (MIM #611881, aldolase A deficiency) | - Hemolysis
- Jaundice
- Myoglobinuria
- Muscle weakness
- Fatigability
- Rhabdomyolysis
| - Muscle or RBC enzyme assay
- DNA testing
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GSD XIII (MIM #612932, beta-enolase deficiency in muscle) | - Exercise intolerance
- Increased CPK
- Rhabdomyolysis
| - Muscle biopsy
- Enzyme assay
- DNA testing
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GSD XIV (MIM #612934, phosphoglucomutase 1 deficiency in muscle) | - Exercise intolerance
- Myoglobinuria
- Increased CPK
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Myoglobinuria
| - Muscle biopsy
- Enzyme assay
- DNA testing
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GSD XV (MIM #613507, glycogenin 1 deficiency in muscle) | - Muscle weakness
- Arrhythmias
| - Muscle biopsy (glycogen depletion)
- DNA testing
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