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Mild non-BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia

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Reference excerpt

Mild non-BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia (HPANBH4) is a rare metabolic disorder characterized by mild hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) and a range of variable neurologic symptoms, including movement abnormalities and intellectual impairment. HPANBH4 has an autosomal-recessive pattern of inheritance.

Causes The disorder is caused by homozygous and compound heterozygous mutations in the DNAJC12 gene, which encodes a molecular chaperone belonging to the DnaJ/HSP40 family of proteins.

History Mild non-BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia was first reported in 6 patients from 4 unrelated consanguineous families by a large group of researchers in 2017.

Alternative names DNAJC12 deficiency

References

External links Hyperphenylalaninemia, mild, non-BH4-deficient - OMIM entry for the disease.

Worked examples

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Applications of Mild non-BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia

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In the classroom: Mild non-BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Metabolic disorders, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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