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Lactose Intolerance: Key Defect

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Deficiency in lactase enzyme: breaks lactose into galactose and glucose.

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Lactose Intol: Phenotype

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Very common deficiency: diarrhea with lactose intake.

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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: Key Defect

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G-6-Phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: RBCs unable to run pentose phosphate pathway to make NADPH.

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Glycose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: Phenotype

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Oxidative stress leads to hemolysis and hemolytic anemia, often due to drugs, infection or certain foods. Most other tissues (besides RBCs) have other pathways for NADPH production.

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Von Gierkes Disease: Key Defect

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G-6-Phophatase deficiency: Liver

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Von Gierkes Disease: Phenotype

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Large liver, fasting hypoglycemia, ketosis, hyperuricemia, hyperlipidemia

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McArdle Syndrome: Key Defect

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Glycogen phosphorylase deficiency: Muscle

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McArdle Syndrome: Phenotype

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Affects muscle, cramps after strenuous exercise but otherwise normal.

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Andersen’s Disease: Key Defect

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Defect in branching enzyme: Liver

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Andersen’s Disease: Phenotype

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Cirrhosis of liver: death before age 2.

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Cori’s Disease: Key Defect

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Defect in debranching enzyme: Musle and liver

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Cori’s Disease: Phenotype

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Similar to Van Gierkes, but less severe symptomatology.

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LHON Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy- Mitochondrial pathology: Key Defect

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OxPhos/Mito disease. Bilateral optic atrophy that has been linked to a mutation in mitochondrial genome.

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LHON Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy- Mitochondrial pathology: Phenotype

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OxPhos/Mito disease. Optic neuropathy: loss of central vision due to degeneration of the retinal ganglion cells and optic nerve axons.

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MERRF - Mitochondrial pathology: Key Defect

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OxPhos/Mito disease. Mitochondrial gene mutations: impaired ability to use oxygen or make proteins.

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MERRF - Mitochondrial pathology: Phenotype

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OxPhos/Mito disease. Late onset myopathy, “ragged red fibers,” epilepsy and ataxia. “Mycronic Epilepsy and Ragged Red Fiber Disease”

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MELAS - Mitochondrial pathology: Key Defect

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OxPhos/Mito disease. Mitochondrial gene mutations: likely involved in NADPH synthesis.

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MELAS - Mitochondrial pathology: Phenotype

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OxPhos/Mito disease. Enephalomyelopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like episodes. Progressive neurodegen disease. “Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Strokelike Episodes”

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Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Key Defect

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Defect in the synthesis of DPPC (dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine)

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Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Phenotype

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Insufficient surfactant production in neonatal lungs leads to respiratory distress syndrome, lung collapse.

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Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Key Defect

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Ineffective LDL receptors

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Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Phenotype

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High blood cholesterol, unable to take up cholesterol into cells.

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Cholelithiasis (Gall Stones): Key Defect

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Cholesterol precipitates and forms gallstones as a result of decreased bile salts.

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Cholelithiasis (Gall Stones): Phenotype

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Possible surgical removal of gall bladder necessary. Inability to perform adequate cholesterol excretion in bile.

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Niemann-Pick Type A/B: Key Defect
Molecular lesion at lysosomal sphingomyelinase.
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Niemann-Pick Type A/B: Phenotype
Accumulation of sphingomyelin, early onset in infancy and worse prognosis than Type C - early death. Cherry red macular spot due to accumulation of sphingolipids in retinal ganglion neurons.
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Niemann- Pick Type C: Key Defect
Accumulation of unesterified cholesterol, sphingomyelin, phospholipids, and glycolipids within lysosomes of various organs, particularly the liver.
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Niemann- Pick Type C: Phenotype
Progressive neurological disease, hepatic enlargement and liver damage. Fatal disease, appears in late childhood.
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Tay-Sachs Disease: Key Defect
Inability to degrade gangliosides (cannot degrade GM2 to GM3), lysosomes become lipid-filled and fill neurons, leading to damage.
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Tay-Sachs Disease: Phenotype
Death by age three, preceded by mental retardation, weakness and pathological changes in the nervous system and movement ability. Cherry red macular spot due to accumulation of sphingolipids in retinal ganglion neurons.
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Gauchers Disease: Key Defect
Increased glucocerebrosides, block in degradation pathway of glycolipids.
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Gauchers Disease: Phenotype
Liver and spleen enlargement, osteoporosis, mental retardation and frequently fatal.
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Tangier's Disease: Key Defect
Gene mutation in ABCA1 causing severe HDL deficiency.
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Tangier's Disease: Phenotype
Large/orange tonsils, neuropathies, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, LACK OF PLASMA HDL AND apoA100, low LDL, hypertriglyceridemia.
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Atheroschlerosis: Key Defect
Endothelial cells undergo inflammatory activation, formation of arterial foam cell due to effects of macrophages, foam cell secretes cytokines causing further damage and increased inflammatory response.
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Atheroschlerosis: Phenotype
Narrow arterial lumen due to plaque, fibrous intima, can cause thrombus formation and MI.
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Alkaptoneuria: Key Defect
Homogentisate oxidase deficiency - unable to degrade tyrosine.
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Alkaptoneuria: Phenotype
Dark Urine
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Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD): Key Defect
Branched chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase deficiency - causes build up of branched chain amino acids.
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Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD): Phenotype
Neurological disorders, mortality, maple-syrup odor in urine. Dietary control only slightly effective.
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Homocystenuria: Key Defect
Cystathionine B-synthase deficiency: cannot synthesize cystathionine.
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Homocystenuria: Phenotype
Osteoporosis, MR, cardiovascular disease.
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Urea cycle disorders: Key Defect
Deficiency in any of the urea cycle enzymes. Arginosuccinate synthase deficiency is common, can treat with high doses of arginine to drive ammonia into citrulline.
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Urea cycle disorders: Phenotype
Hyperammonemia, encephalopathy, respiratory alkalosis. Limited success in treatment. Will present in normal, full term infants after 24-48 hours, can lead quickly to death.
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Phenylketoneuria (PKU): Key Defect
Defects in phenylalanine hydroxylase
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Phenylketoneuria (PKU): Phenotype
Build up of phenylalanine, neuro problems, decrease tyrosine -> hypopigmentation, development defects.
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Lesch-Nyhan Disease: Key Defect
Deficient HGPRT - important for purine salvage
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Lesch-Nyhan Disease: Phenotype
MR, overproductive gout, self injury.
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Gout: Key Defect
3 types: Impaired kidney excretion, uric acid overproduction due to unregulated PRPP synthase, Lesch-Nyhan.
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Gout: Phenotype
Uric acid build up in joints, pain and swelling. Will see uric acid crystals in joint fluid.
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Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency (ADA): Key Defect
ADA enzyme deficiency - causes increased adenosine and dATP levels, inhibits synthesis of all DNA from RNA precursors.
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Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency (ADA): Phenotype
SCID - Severe combined immune deficiency. No B or T cells, frequent infections.
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Alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency: Key Defect
Deficiency in specific serpin.
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Alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency: Phenotype
None listed in notes
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Key Defect
Problems in heme synthesis due to blockage of the early steps of heme biosynthesis pathway. Deficiency of hydroxymethylbilane synthase (rate limiting).
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Phenotype
Heme deficiency: may present as anemia, abdominal pain, behavioral changes due to ALA accumulation, which approximates/antagonizes GABA.
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Galactosemia: Key Defect
Loss of Galactose-1-P uridyl transferase.
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Galactosemia: Phenotype
Galactose may build up in tissues, including brain. Life threatening in infants if not diagnosed.
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Hereditary fructose intolerance: Key Defect
Loss of liver specific aldolase.
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Hereditary fructose intolerance: Phenotype
Accumulation of Fructose-1-Pi causes liver damage. Inhibits glycogen phorphorylase --> hypoglycemia.
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Hypertrophic cardio myopathies: Key Defect
Minor protein mutation causes contraction to occur suboptimally.
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Hypertrophic cardio myopathies: Phenotype
Wall of heart thickens over time, asymptomatic until major heart occurrence.
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Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome: Key Defect
7-dehydrocholesterol-7-reductase deficiency
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Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome: Phenotype
Physical malformations, intellectual disability, embryonic development.
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Cystic Fibrosis: Key Defect
F508CFTR - mutation in chloride channel.
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Cystic Fibrosis: Phenotype
Destruction of chloride channel leads to symptoms.
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT): Key Defect
Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase mutated. Chronic porphyria. Part of heme synthesis pathway.
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT): Phenotype
LIver damage, photosensitive skin rashes. No neuro issues since ALA levels are normal (ALA antagonizes GABA). Tx: regular phlebotomy.
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Lead Poisoning: Key Defect
Lead inhibits ALA dehydrase and ferrochelase.
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Lead Poisoning: Phenotype
Same symptoms as AIP (due to inhibition of live ALA dehydrase) plus anemia (inhibition of bone marrow heme synthesis).
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Vitamin B12 Def:
(Colabalamin). dietary problems or pernicious anemia (cannot absorb due to lack of intrinsic factor). cofactor in C-1 metabolism, causes metaloblastic anemia, degeneration of spinal cord, dementia. Folate supp may help anemia but won't fix spinal cord degeneration.
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Vitamin C Def
Scurvy. loss of connective tissue. Collagen deficiency. bleeding gums, hemorrhages around hair follicles
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Vit K Deficiency
needed to carboxylate glutamate as part of clotting cascade (Klotting). blocked by coumadin. deficiency leads to hemorrhage with long PTT. Intestinal bacteria can provide.
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Vit B1 Def
(thiamine). coenzyme for carbohydrate metabolism. deficiency causes Korsakoff's sx in alcohol abusers. Engine oil and mammilary bodies thing. Always give thiamine with glucose to alcoholics. also Beriberi: peripheral neuropathy and dilated cardiomyopathy
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Vitamin B3 def
Niacin. 4 D's: dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, death. Pellagra. Precursor of NAD and NADP coenzymes.
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Vit B7 def
Biotin. Deficiency caused by eating lots of raw eggs.
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Vitamin B9 def
Folate. needed for 1C metabolism, including purines and thymidine (ie, DNA). deficiency causes metaloblastic anemia and fetal neural defects.
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Vitamin D def
Ricketts. UV can help synthesize. Vit D helps with absorption of calcium.
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Marasmus
Overall calorie deficiency.
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kwashiorkor
Protein deficiency. sufficiency calorie intake. yields big stomach. may occur just after weaning. Edema, rash, fatty liver.
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Xeroderma pigmentosa
inability to repair DNA damage due to UV

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