See Also: bursa fabricii(medicine)
glycogen storage disease(encyclopedia)
Glycogen storage diseases(health)
glycogen storage disease(medicine)
glycogen storage disease type IV(medicine)
glycogen storage disease type I(medicine)
glycogen storage disease type II(medicine)
brancher glycogen storage disease(medicine)
glycogen storage disease type VII(medicine)
glycogen storage disease type VI(medicine)

glycogen storage disease (medicine) and bursa fabricii (medicine)


glycogen storage disease (medicine)


glycogen storage disease
<hepatology> A group of inherited metabolic disorders involving the enzymes responsible for the synthesis and degradation of glycogen. In some patients, prominent liver involvement is presented. In others, more generalised storage of glycogen occurs, sometimes with prominent cardiac involvement.

Synonym: glycogenosis


bursa fabricii (medicine)


bursa fabricii


The bursa of Fabricius in poultry, a blind saclike structure located on the posterodorsal wall of the cloaca; it performs a thymus-like function.

Synonym: bursa of Fabricius.