Pterin-4 alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency

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Name:
Pterin-4 alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency
Description:
A rare genetic, transient and benign form of hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency and characterized by muscular hypotonia, irritability (detected by EEG), slow acquisition of psychomotor skills, age-dependent movement disorders, including dystonia and an accompanying excretion of 7-substituted pterins. Neurological developement is normal with dietary control of blood phenyalanine.
ORPHAcode:
1578
Synonyms:
Hyperphenylalaninemia due to dehydratase deficiency
Hyperphenylalaninemia due to pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency
Hyperphenylalaninemia with primapterinuria
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Created:
13 May 2019 - 01:02
Changed:
22 Jun 2023 - 16:14