Preferred Name

hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency

Synonyms

non-phenylketonuric hyperphenylalaninemia

hyperphenylalaninemia due to BH4 deficiency

hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency

hyperphenylalaninemia

Definitions

Hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) due to tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) deficiency, also known as malignant HPA is an amino acid disorder with neonatal onset that is clinically characterized by the classic manifestations of phenylketonuria (PKA) and that later on is clinically differentiated by neurologic symptoms such as microcephaly, intellectual disability, central hypotonia, delayed motor development, peripheral spasticity and seizures, that develop and persist despite an established metabolic control of plasma phenylalanine.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0016543

disease shares features of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0009861

has_broad_synonym

hyperphenylalaninemia

has_exact_synonym

non-phenylketonuric hyperphenylalaninemia

hyperphenylalaninemia due to BH4 deficiency

hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency

label

hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency

prefixIRI

MONDO:0016543

prefLabel

hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency

textual definition

Hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) due to tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) deficiency, also known as malignant HPA is an amino acid disorder with neonatal onset that is clinically characterized by the classic manifestations of phenylketonuria (PKA) and that later on is clinically differentiated by neurologic symptoms such as microcephaly, intellectual disability, central hypotonia, delayed motor development, peripheral spasticity and seizures, that develop and persist despite an established metabolic control of plasma phenylalanine.

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0017756

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0006025

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