Disease or Syndrome
hyperglycinemia
Definitions related to hyperglycinemia:
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An elevated concentration of glycine in the blood.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by deficiencies in the mitochondrial glycine cleavage system; an enzyme system with four components: p-, t-, h-, and l-proteins; deficiency of the p-protein is the most prevalent form; clinical features include seizures, hypotonia, apnea, and coma; when the illness presents in childhood there tends to be an associated progressive dementia accompanied by extrapyramidal signs.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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