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Descriptor English:   Hyperargininemia 
Descriptor Spanish:   Hiperargininemia 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Hiperargininemia 
Synonyms English:   ARG1 Deficiencies
ARG1 Deficiency
Arginase Deficiencies
Arginase Deficiency
Arginase Deficiency Disease
Arginase Deficiency Diseases
Argininemia
Deficiencies, ARG1
Deficiencies, Arginase
Deficiency Disease, Arginase
Deficiency Diseases, Arginase
Deficiency, ARG1
Deficiency, Arginase
Hyperargininemias  
Tree Number:   C10.228.140.163.100.937.500
C16.320.565.100.940.500
C16.320.565.189.937.500
C18.452.132.100.937.437
C18.452.648.100.940.437
C18.452.648.189.937.437
Definition English:   A rare autosomal recessive disorder of the urea cycle. It is caused by a deficiency of the hepatic enzyme ARGINASE. Arginine is elevated in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid, and periodic HYPERAMMONEMIA may occur. Disease onset is usually in infancy or early childhood. Clinical manifestations include seizures, microcephaly, progressive mental impairment, hypotonia, ataxia, spastic diplegia, and quadriparesis. (From Hum Genet 1993 Mar;91(1):1-5; Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p51) 
See Related English:   Arginase
 
History Note English:   2000 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications DI diagnosis
DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   34231 
Unique Identifier:   D020162 

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