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Elevated urinary 7-biopterin level

MedGen UID:
1787401
Concept ID:
C5539706
Finding
Synonym: Primapterinuria
 
HPO: HP:0033594

Definition

An abnormally increased amount of 7-biopterin in the urine. [from HPO]

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Pterin-4 alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase 1 deficiency
MedGen UID:
337890
Concept ID:
C1849700
Disease or Syndrome
Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) D is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by mild transient hyperphenylalaninemia often detected by newborn screening. Patients also show increased excretion of 7-biopterin. Affected individuals are asymptomatic and show normal psychomotor development, although transient neurologic deficits in infancy have been reported (Thony et al., 1998). Patients may also develop hypomagnesemia and nonautoimmune diabetes mellitus during puberty (summary by Ferre et al., 2014). For a general phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia, see HPABH4A (261640).

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Thöny B, Neuheiser F, Kierat L, Rolland MO, Guibaud P, Schlüter T, Germann R, Heidenreich RA, Duran M, de Klerk JB, Ayling JE, Blau N
Hum Genet 1998 Aug;103(2):162-7. doi: 10.1007/s004390050800. PMID: 9760199

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