Catalog

Formiminoglutamic aciduria

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Link to WHO Definition

Formiminoglutamic aciduria – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/664824338

Formiminoglutamic aciduria, in its moderate form and in the absence of histidine administration, is characterised by mild developmental delay and elevated concentrations of formiminoglutamate (FIGLU) in the urine. A more severe phenotype has been described in five members of a Japanese family and included severe intellectual deficit, psychomotor retardation and megaloblastic anaemia. Formiminoglutamic aciduria is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a deficiency of glutamate formiminotransferase-cyclodeaminase (FTCD), an enzyme involved folic acid metabolism.