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Overview
Historical Perspective
Discovery
In 1928, van Creveld first described a case of a 7-year-old boy presented with a marked hepatomegaly, obesity and small genitalia. He termed it as "an unusual disturbance of carbohydrate metabolism in childhood". This was later proved to be glycogen storage disease type 3. [1]
References
- ↑ Fernandes J (1995). "The history of the glycogen storage diseases". Eur J Pediatr. 154 (6): 423–4. PMID 7671937.