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Tetrahydrobiopterin-responsive phenylketonuria
rareA form of phenylketonuria characterized by mild to moderate symptoms of phenylketonuria including impaired cognitive function, seizures, and behavioral and developmental disorders, and a marked reduction and normalization of elevated phenylalanine concentrations after oral loading with tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4; sapropterin dihydrochloride), an essential cofactor of phenylalanine hydroxylase.
- Identifiers
- MONDO:0017389 Orphanet:293284
- Part of
- Phenylketonuria
- Also known as
- BH4-responsive phenylketonuria · BH4-responsive PKU · tetrahydrobiopterin-responsive PKU
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