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S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE HYDROLASE DEFICIENCY (SAHH)

S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE HYDROLASE DEFICIENCY (SAHH)
AHCY; HYPERMETHIONINEMIA, FAMILIAL
613752
OMIM = Online Mendelian Inheritance of Men
88618
Adenosylhomocysteinase; S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase
3.3.1.1
20q11.22
E72.1
very rare (9 cases)
autosomal recessive
mutation in the AHCY gene
Laboratory findingsHomocysteine inc (plasma)
Methionine inc (plasma)
S-Adenosylhomocysteine inc (plasma)
    Albumin dec (plasma)
    Creatine kinase inc (plasma)
    D-Glucose normal/dec (serum)
    Methionine inc (urine)
    Methionine inc (cerebrospinal fluid)
    S-Adenosylhomocysteine inc (urine)
    S-Adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase dec (liver)
    S-Adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase dec (erythrocytes)
    S-Adenosylmethionine inc (plasma)
    Transaminases (ASAT/ALAT) normal/inc (serum)
Symptomsmyopathy
    behavior, abnormal or bizarre, confusion
    behavior, aggressive
    cardiac involvement, cardiac defects
    cardiomyopathy
    cerebral atrophy
    cholestasis
    cognitive impairment
    CT, brain, abnormalities [-]
    developmental delay
    dysmorphism
    failure to thrive
    feeding difficulties, poor feeding
    growth retardation, poor growth
    hair, abnormal (thin, brittle, fine)
    hepatomegaly (large liver)
    hydrops fetalis
    hypoglycemia
    hypotonia
    jaundice
    liver involvement or dysfunction
    mental retardation
    motor retardation
    MRI, brain, white matter abnormalities [-]
    muscle weakness
    onset, adulthood
    onset, childhood
    onset, infancy
    onset, neonatal
    psychomotor retardation
    seizures
    strabismus