International Symposium on Hepatic Glycogen Storage Disease

The Inserm Unit 855 – University Lyon 1 – and the French GSD Association (Association Francophone des Glycogénoses) are pleased to announce an international symposium dedicated to Glycogen Storage Diseases Type I and Type III. These rare diseases affect glucose metabolism mainly in the liver.

You are cordially invited to participate in this symposium, which takes place in Lyon (FR). Outstanding international experts will review the following topics:

  • Glucose metabolism in neonates,
  • A global overview of glycogen metabolism,
  • Liver pathology: steatosis, fibrosis, hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas and the role of dietary treatment on pathophysiology,
  • Review of kidney, intestinal and muscle complications
  • New advances in gene therapy.

 

All information and contact are available on GSD Symposium

or at:

Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Formation Continue et Alternance – GSD 2012

43, bd du 11 Novembre 1918

69622 Villeurbanne Cedex

FRANCE

Phone : +33 (0) 4 72 43 10 11

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