Belgian Genetic Tests database
Trehalase deficiency
| Name: |
Trehalase deficiency
|
| Description: |
A rare, genetic, intestinal disease characterized by osmotic diarrhea, abdominal pain and increased rectal flatulence after ingestion of trehalose, a disaccharide found mainly in mushrooms, due to intestinal trehalase deficiency. It occurs primarily in the Greenland population, although cases have also been reported elsewhere.
|
| ORPHAcode: |
103909
|
| Synonyms: |
Isolated trehalose intolerance
|
| XREF(s): | |
| Analyte(s): | |
| Created: |
13 May 2019 - 01:02
|
| Changed: |
22 Jun 2023 - 16:14
|