Clinical analysis and long-term treatment monitoring of 3 patients with glycogen storage disease type Ib

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Table 3 Comparison of therapies and complications of 3 patients with GSD type Ib

	Patient 1			Patient 2			Patient 3
	Clinical diagnosis	Genetic diagnosis	Last visit	Clinical diagnosis	Genetic diagnosis	Last visit	Clinical diagnosis	Genetic diagnosis	Last visit
Therapies
Uncooked cornstarch	–	Irregular	Irregular	–	Regular	Regular	–	Regular	Regular
Neutropenia treatment	No	Yes	G-CSF	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Sodium Bicarbonate Tablets	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Complications
Number of hospitalizations (times/year)	1	0.36	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Inflammatory bowel disease	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mouth ulcers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Usually	Occasionally	Decrease	Occasionally	No	No
Upper respiratory tract infection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Less	Less	Repeatedly	Occasionally	Decrease
Pancreatitis	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Other	–	–	Chronic superficial gastritis	–	–	–	–	–	–

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