ORPHA:238583
Hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency
Also called Hyperphenylalaninemia due to BH4 deficiency
- Body system
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Inheritance pattern
- Autosomal recessive
- Typical age of onset
- Infancy, Neonatal
- Estimated prevalence
- 1-9 / 1 000 000 (Japan)
- Rarity class
- 1-9 / 1 000 000
ORPHA:238583 is classified under "Inborn errors of metabolism" in the Orphanet nomenclature.
Common signs
- Hyperphenylalaninemia
- Atypical behavior
- Hypotonia
- Excessive salivation
- Decreased CSF homovanillic acid concentration
- Neurodevelopmental delay