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Hers' disease
Also known as:
Hers' syndrome
Cori’s type VI glycogenosis
Associated persons:
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Seale Harris
Henri-Géry Hers
Description:
An inborn glycogen metabolism disorder caused by deficiency of hepatic phosphorylase, associated with an enlarged liver and mild hypoglycaemia. Both sexes affected, onset in infancy and early childhood. Symptoms sometimes so mild that syndrome may pass undetected. Moderate growth retardation; mild to moderate Harris’ syndrome. Inheritance is probably autosomal recessive.
See also Harris' syndrome, or hyperinsulinism, under Seale Harris, American physician, 1870-1957.
Bibliography:
- H. G. Hers:
Etudes enzymatiques sur fragments hépatiques: Applications à la classification des glycogénoses.
Revue internationale d'hépatologie, 1959, 9: 35-55.
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