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amylopectinosis

Tuesday 13 October 2009

Definition: amylase-resistant polysaccharide deposits

Etiology

 glycogenosis type 4 (GSD4)
 branching enzyme deficiency
 phosphofructokinase deficiency
 Lafora disease
 adult polyglucosan body disease
 hypothyroid myopathy
 unclassified amylopectinosis

See also

 corpora maylacea
 Bielchowsky bodies (Bielchowsky body)
 basophilic degeneration of the myocardium
 polysaccharide myopathy
 amylopectin-like material (fibrillar glycogen)