n :  an often fatal glycogen storage disease that results from an enzyme deficiency, is characterized by abnormal accumulation of glycogen esp. in the liver, heart, and muscle, and usu. appears during infancy - called also acid maltase deficiency 
 
Pompe, Johann Cassianius (fl 1932), Dutch physician. Pompe published a description of acid maltase deficiency in 1932.
 
 
 
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