About The Medical Condition Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency Disease

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Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency Disease

Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency Disease Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency Disease Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency Disease?

A group of autosomal recessive disorders marked by a deficiency of the hepatic enzyme PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE or less frequently by reduced activity of DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE (i.e., atypical phenylketonuria). Classical phenylketonuria is caused by a severe deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase and presents in infancy with developmental delay; SEIZURES; skin HYPOPIGMENTATION; ECZEMA; and demyelination in the central nervous system. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p952).

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