Synonyms: Hyperphenylalaninemia due to dehydratase deficiency | Hyperphenylalaninemia due to pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency | Hyperphenylalaninemia with primapterinuria
A rare genetic transient and benign form of hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency and characterized by muscular hypotonia irritability (detected by EEG) slow acquisition of psychomotor skills age-dependent movement disorders including dystonia and an accompanying excretion of 7-substituted pterins. Neurological developement is normal with dietary control of blood phenyalanine.
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