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N Bhattacharya1, N Heaton, M Rela
1Metabolic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK. kaustuv.bhattacharya@uclh.org
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
|September 1, 2004
Abstract:
There are few reports of liver transplantation in glycogenosis type Ib (GSD Ib). We present two cases who had dramatic catch-up growth and reduced infections after transplantation, despite persistent neutropenia.
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