Question 322 · LEK · Glycogen storage disease
Glycogenoses are rare metabolic diseases in which glycogen is stored in different organs. Which of the following is a glycogenosis connected with an enzymatic defect of lysosomal alpha-glucosidase and occurs in two variants - a childhood one and a juvenile one?
- A. Pompe disease (type II).
- B. Hers’ disease (type VI).
- C. Tarui’s disease (type VII).
- D. Cori’s disease (type III).
- E. McArdle’s disease (type V).
Hint
Only one glycogenosis is a lysosomal storage disease, mainly affecting the heart and skeletal muscle.
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