Term Name: BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia D
Synonyms: tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) due to pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency
Definition: A tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia that is characterized by mild transient hyperphenylalaninemia often detected by newborn screening and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the PCBD gene, which encodes an enzyme involved in the salvage pathway for BH4, on chromosome 10q22.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:0081131]   ( DOID:0081131 )

Relationships
is a type of: autosomal recessive disease tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia