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CHAPTER 214 GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASES1354
214 GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASESJOSEPH I. WOLFSDORF AND DAVID A. WEINSTEIN
DEFINITIONGlycogen, a highly branched polymer of glucose, is the storage form of glucose in mammals. The major sites of glycogen deposition are skeletal muscle and liver. Several other tissues and organs, including cardiac and