FBS

Introduction: FBS

Description of FBS

FBS (medical condition): A rare inherited disorder where the impaired metabolism of carbohydrates results in a build-up of glycogen in the liver.

See also:

Fanconi-Bickel syndrome:
  »Introduction: Fanconi-Bickel syndrome
  »Symptoms of Fanconi-Bickel syndrome

FBS: Abbreviation for fasting blood sugar.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

FBS: Rare Disease

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

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

FBS as a Disease

FBS: Another name for Fanconi-Bickel syndrome (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Fanconi-Bickel syndrome
  »Symptoms of Fanconi-Bickel syndrome

Symptoms of FBS (Fanconi-Bickel syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of FBS incude:

• Failure to thrive
• Enlarged liver
• Abdominal bloating
• Vitamin D resistant rickets
• Severe tubolopathy

See full list of 6 symptoms of FBS (Fanconi-Bickel syndrome)

Terms associated with FBS:

Terms Similar to FBS:

• Fanconi syndrome with intestinal malabsorption and galactose intolerance
• Glycogen storage disease XI
• Glycogenosis, Fanconi type
• Hepatic glycogenosis with amino aciduria and glucosuria
• Hepatic glycogenosis with fanconi nephropathy
• Hepatorenal glycogenosis with renal Fanconi syndrome
• Pseudo-phlorizin diabetes
• Fanconi Bickel syndrome

Source - NIH

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