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FUMARASE DEFICIENCY

FUMARASE DEFICIENCY
FUMARATE HYDRATASE; - CYTOSOLIC; -MITOCHONDRIAL; ACIDURIA, FUMARIC
606812
OMIM = Online Mendelian Inheritance of Men
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Fumarate hydratase, mitochondrial
4.2.1.2
1q43
E88.8
rare (<1:1000.000)
autosomal recessive
mutation in the fumarate hydratase gene
Laboratory findingsSedoheptulose-7-phosphate inc (urine)
    2-Oxoglutaric acid normal/inc (urine)
    Ammonia inc (blood)
    Bilirubin inc (plasma)
    Citric acid inc (urine)
    Fumaric acid inc (urine)
    Fumaric acid normal/inc (plasma)
    L-Lactic acid normal/inc (blood)
    L-Lactic acid normal/inc (cerebrospinal fluid)
    pH normal/dec (blood)
    Succinic acid inc (urine)
    Transaminases (ASAT/ALAT) normal/inc (serum)
Symptomsfeeding difficulties, poor feeding
hyperammonemia
metabolic acidosis
    altered consciousness, consciousness disturbance
    athetosis
    cerebral atrophy
    corpus callosum, agenesis/hypoplasia
    dystonia
    early death
    EEG abnormalities [-]
    encephalopathy
    episodic course (clinical symptoms)
    failure to thrive
    hepatomegaly (large liver)
    hydrocephalus
    hypotonia
    infantile spasms
    irritability
    lactic acidosis
    lethargy, drowsiness, apathy
    liver involvement or dysfunction
    mental retardation
    microcephaly (<2 SD for age)
    MRI, brain, abnormalities [-]
    neutropenia (decreased neutrophils)
    onset, childhood
    onset, infancy
    onset, neonatal
    opisthotonus
    optic atrophy
    polyhydramnion (maternal)
    progressive neurologic defect
    seizures
    speech development, delayed, abnormal
    splenomegaly (large spleen)
    vomiting