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Carl Ferdinand Cori
Czech-born American biochemist, born December 15, 1896, Prague; died October 20, 1984, Cambridge, Massachusets.
Associated eponyms:
Cori cycle
Phases in the metabolism of carbohydrate.
Cori ester
Glucose-1-phosphate (phosphate bound to a specific carbon atom on the glucose molecule).
Pompe's disease
An extremely rare, progressive, neurodegenerative disorder of childhood causing macroglossia, cardiomegaly and generalized weakness due to excessive storage in skeletal muscle, and hepatomegaly.
Biography:
For biography, see under Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori.
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