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Hepatic Glycogenosis: An Underrecognized Source of Abnormal Liver Function Tests?

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

    Gregory S. Sayuk, Jill E. Elwing & Mauricio Lisker-Melman

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8124, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Mauricio Lisker-Melman

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Sayuk, G.S., Elwing, J.E. & Lisker-Melman, M. Hepatic Glycogenosis: An Underrecognized Source of Abnormal Liver Function Tests?. Dig Dis Sci 52, 936–938 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9430-8

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