Cori disease

Introduction: Cori disease

Description of Cori disease

Cori disease (medical condition): A rare inherited glycogen storage disease caused by a deficiency of the enzyme amylo-1,6-glucosidase resulting in a build up of glycogen in the liver and muscles.

See also:

Forbes disease:
  »Introduction: Forbes disease
  »Symptoms of Forbes disease
  »Causes of Forbes disease
  »Treatments for Forbes disease

Cori disease: SYN: glycogenosis type 3.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Cori disease: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Cori disease:

• Cori

Cori disease: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Cori disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Cori disease, or a subtype of Cori disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Cori disease as a Disease

Cori disease: Another name for Forbes disease (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Forbes disease
  »Symptoms of Forbes disease
  »Causes of Forbes disease
  »Treatments for Forbes disease

Causes of Cori disease

Some of the causes of Cori disease are included in the list below:

• The genetic condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner

Read more about causes of Cori disease (Forbes disease)

Symptoms of Cori disease (Forbes disease)

Some of the symptoms of Cori disease incude:

• High liver glycogen level
• High muscle glycogen level
• Enlarged liver
• Protruding abdomen
• Flaccid abdominal muscles

See full list of 25 symptoms of Cori disease (Forbes disease)

Treatments for Cori disease (Forbes disease)

Treatments for Cori disease (Forbes disease) include:

• Dietary changes, avoiding fasting, frequent meals and consuming uncooked starch supplements. Nasogastric feeding tube may be required at night to prevent drops in blood sugar levels

Read more about treatments for Cori disease

Treatment of Cori disease: For more treatment information about Cori disease, see treatment of Forbes disease (Cori disease)

Cori disease: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Cori disease:

• Cori's disease
• hypoglycaemia
• failure to thrive
• cirrhosis
• hypotonia
• cardiomyopathy
• gluconeogenesis

Terms associated with Cori disease:

Terms Similar to Cori disease:

• Forbes disease
• Glycogen debrancher deficiency
• Limit dextrinosis
• Glycogen storage disease type 3
• Amylo-1,6-glucosidase deficiency

Source - NIH

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