Storage of food-derived glucose as muscle and liver glycogen is vital to avoid damaging swings plasma osmolarity. We report that in Type 2 diabetes, muscle glycogen storage was completely inactive although liver glycogen storage was normal.

Keywords:
humans, liver glycogen storage, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, muscle glycogen, Type 2 diabetes
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2015
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