adenosine kinase deficiency

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Disease Overview

A rare inborn error of metabolism characterized by persistent hypermethioninemia with increased levels of S-adenosylmethionine and S-adenosylhomocysteine which manifests with encephalopathy, severe global developmental delay, mild to severe liver dysfunction, hypotonia and facial dysmorphism (most significant is frontal bossing, macrocephaly, hypertelorism and depressed nasal bridge). Epileptic seizures, hypoglycemia and/or cardiac defects (pulmonary stenosis, atrial and/or ventricular septal defect, coarctation of the aorta) may be associated. Clinical picture may range from neurological symptoms only to multi-organ involvement.


Synonyms

  • ADK deficiency
  • ADK hypermethioninemia
  • MRT8
  • adenosine kinase deficiency
  • autosomal recessive intellectual disability 8
  • autosomal recessive mental retardation 8
  • hypermethioninemia due to adenosine kinase deficiency
  • hypermethioninemia encephalopathy due to ADK deficiency
  • hypermethioninemia encephalopathy due to adenosine kinase deficiency
  • mental retardation, autosomal recessive 8
  • mental retardation, autosomal recessive 8, formerly
  • mental retardation, autosomal recessive 8
  • MRT8ADK deficiency
  • ADK hypermethioninemia
  • MRT8
  • adenosine kinase deficiency
  • autosomal recessive intellectual disability 8
  • autosomal recessive mental retardation 8
  • hypermethioninemia due to adenosine kinase deficiency
  • hypermethioninemia encephalopathy due to ADK deficiency
  • hypermethioninemia encephalopathy due to adenosine kinase deficiency
  • mental retardation, autosomal recessive 8
  • mental retardation, autosomal recessive 8, formerly
  • mental retardation, autosomal recessive 8
  • MRT8

GARD Disease Summary

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OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) has a summary of published research about this condition and includes references from the medical literature. The summary contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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