[Continuous nocturnal intragastric feeding in glycogenosis type I and III]

Three patients with type I glycogen storage disease (GT I) and four patients with type III glycogen storage disease (GT III) have been treated with nocturnal intragastric feeding and frequent daytime meals for 2 to 8.5 years. In all of them, hypoglycemia was well controlled. Patients with GT. I showed a normal growth rate and an improvement of serum lactate, triglycerides, cholesterol and urate. Patients with GT. III showed no consistent changes in serum triglycerides cholesterol and transaminases and no improvement of myocardiopathy.