Term Name: | carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency |
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Synonyms: | CACT deficiency, CACTD |
Definition: | A lipid metabolism disorder characterized by impaired long-chain fatty acid ozidation resulting in fasting-induced hypoketotic hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, elevated creatine kinase and transaminases, dicarboxylic aciduria, very low free carnitine and abnormal acylcarnitine profile with marked elevation of the long-chain acylcarnitines that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the SLC25A20 gene on chromosome 3p21.31. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:0111585] ( DOID:0111585 ) |