Month: October 2019

What is Type VII Glycogenosis (Tarui Disease, Myophosphofructokinase Deficiency)? Type VII glycogenosis (Tarui disease, myophosphofructokinase deficiency) is a hereditary disease, which is caused by a lack of enzymes involved in the metabolism of glycogen; characterized

What is Type VI Glycogenosis (Herce’s Disease, Hepatophosphorylase Insufficiency)? Type VI glycogenosis (Hers disease, hepatophosphorylase insufficiency) – glycogenosis caused by liver phosphorylase deficiency. Pathogenesis during Type VI Glycogenosis (Herce’s Disease, Hepatophosphorylase Insufficiency) Liver phosphorylase catalyzes

What is Type II Glycogenosis (Pompe Disease)? Pompe disease is type II glycogenosis, a rare genetic metabolic disorder, caused by the congenital absence of the enzyme lysosomal alpha-glucosidase, which is necessary to destroy glycogen, a

What is Type 0 Glycogenosis (aglycogenosis)? Aglycogenosis is a hereditary disease caused by the absence of an enzyme responsible for the synthesis of glycogen, namely uridine diphosphate glucose glycogen transferase or glycogen synthetase. This disease

What is Hypopituitarism? Hypopituitarism syndrome is a disease characterized by a decrease and loss of function of the anterior pituitary or adenohypophysis. The pituitary gland or the pituitary gland consists of two lobes of the