About The Medical Condition Neutral Amino Acid Transport Defect
Find the definition of the medical term Neutral Amino Acid Transport Defect. Neutral Amino Acid Transport Defect defined and explained for easy understanding at the Medical Conditions from ClusterMed.info.
Neutral Amino Acid Transport Defect
| Neutral Amino Acid Transport Defect Medical Condition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Neutral Amino Acid Transport Defect?
A disorder of amino acid transport characterized by the childhood (or rarely adult) onset of photosensitive dermatitis and intermittent neurologic symptoms. Ataxia, personality changes, migraine headaches, and photophobia may occur periodically. The disorder results from impaired sodium-dependent transport of neutral amino acids across the brush border membrane of the small intestine and renal tubular epithelium. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp59-60)
|
More Medical Conditions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Medical Conditions Definitions Of The Day
- ATPases, Bacterial Proton-Translocating ‐ Membrane-bound proton-translocating ATPases that serve two important…
- Hyperkalemia ‐ Abnormally high potassium concentration in the blood, most often…
- Enhancer Elements (Genetics) ‐ Cis-acting DNA sequences which can increase transcription of…
- Syndrome, Myofascial Pain ‐ Muscular pain in numerous body regions that can be reproduced…
- IgG ‐ The major immunoglobulin in normal…
- Nafcillin, Monosodium Salt, Anhydrous ‐ A semi-synthetic antibiotic related to…
- Disorders, Adjustment ‐ Maladaptive reactions to identifiable psychosocial stressors…
- Software Validations ‐ The act of testing the software for compliance with a…
- Luteoma ‐ A benign ovarian tumor of granulosa or theca-lutein cell origin,…
- Test, Carcinogen ‐ Tests to experimentally measure the tumor-producing/cancer cell-producing…