Hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency
Synonyms: Hyperphenylalaninemia due to BH4 deficiency | Non-phenylketonuric hyperphenylalaninemia
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.
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Advocacy Organizations
Canadian PKU and Allied Disorders (CanPKU)
To help those who live with rare diseases that are manage by a restricted protein medical diet bringing education, awareness and advocacy to the community
Shankar Testing Org
Mission
Moonshots for Unicorns
Curing single-gene disorders
COMBINEDBrain Inc
COMBINEDBrain is a consortium for outcome measures and biomarkers for neurodevelopmental disorders. We are collaborating to cure rare, non-verbal brain disorders.
Mississippi Metabolics Foundation
Mississippi Metabolics Foundation (MMF) was founded to raise awareness, educate, and provide support to those living or caring for someone with genetic metabolic disorders/inborn errors of metabolism (IEM).
Louisiana Metabolic Disorders Coalition
We support, educate, and advocate for patients & families affected by metabolic disorders.
Syndromes Without A Name (SWAN) Australia
Provide information, support and advocacy to families caring for a child with an undiagnosed or rare genetic condition.
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