How could hypoglycemia-inducing glycogen storage disease lead to hyperglycemia-induced mucormycosis?
Mucormycosis is an increasingly frequent, difficult to diagnose, difficult to treat, often fatal infection, especially in patients with hyperglycemia from uncontrolled diabetes. Type I (von Gierke) glycogen storage disease is due to inherited deficiency of enzymes in glycogen metabolism, which caus...
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| Language: | English |
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University of São Paulo
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Autopsy and Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/167565 |