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Since Claude Bernard (1), fetal glycogen accumulated in late pregnancy has been considered as the major store for energy supply during the early neonatal period. These stores were taught to be distributed in different organs (lungs, muscle, liver) and the role of each tissue was supposed to contribute to maintain blood glucose at a normal level. The role of the liver however gained so much importance in this regard that the role of the other tissues became overlooked. Only a limited number of papers in the lit erature of the last 20 years deal with extrahepatic glycogen.
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De Meyer, R. (1981). Extrahepatic Glycogen Stores and their Role in Homeostasis. In: De Meyer, R. (eds) Metabolic Adaptation to Extrauterine Life. Developments in Perinatal Medicine, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7514-2_3
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