Term Name: | BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia D |
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Synonyms: | tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) due to pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency |
Definition: | A tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia that is characterized by mild transient hyperphenylalaninemia often detected by newborn screening and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the PCBD gene, which encodes an enzyme involved in the salvage pathway for BH4, on chromosome 10q22. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:0081131] ( DOID:0081131 ) |