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Phenylketonuria

Mode of inheritance

Autosomal recessive

Achondroplasia

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant

Angleman syndrome

Population frequency

(Worldwide),1-9/100000

Disease Ontology

Phenylketonuria

Synonyms
Folling's disease [EXACT]

maternal phenylketonuria [EXACT]

phenylalaninemia [EXACT]

PKU [EXACT]

Parent Relationships
is_a amino acid metabolic disorder

Achondroplasia

Synonyms
Achondroplastic physique [EXACT]

Chondrodystrophia [EXACT]

osteosclerosis congenita [EXACT]

Parent Relationships
is_a osteochondrodysplasia

Angelman syndrome

Synonyms
happy puppet syndrome [EXACT]

puppetlike syndrome [EXACT]

Description

A syndrome that is characterized by delayed development, intellectual disability, severe speech impairment, and problems with movement and balance.

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Phenylketonuria

Symptoms

Aminoaciduria
High urine amino acid levels. Intellectual disability, severe
Early and severe mental retardation Abnormality of cardiovascular system morphology Aggressive behavior and Anxiety Excessive, persistent worry and fear

Treatment

1-Sapropterin 2-Pegvaliase

Achondroplasia

Treatment

• Monitoring of height, weight, and head circumference using growth curves standardized for achondroplasia

• Measures to avoid obesity starting in early childhood.

• Careful neurologic examinations, with referral to a pediatric neurologist as necessary

• MRI or CT of the foramen magnum region for evaluation of severe hypotonia or signs of spinal cord compression

Angelman syndrome

Symptoms

Absent speech development. Behavioral changes Blue irides /Blue eyes Brachycephaly
Short and broad skull

Treatment

Anti-seizure medications (anticonvulsants) Sleep disorders are common and may require behavioral therapy and adherence to strict bedtime routines

OMIM

Phenylketonuria

Population frequency

PKU occurs in about 1 in 10,000 births

Achondroplasia

Population frequency

Early estimates on the prevalence of achondroplasia are undoubtedly incorrect because of misdiagnosis.

Angelman syndrome

Mode of inheritance

Angelman syndrome results from a lack of maternal contribution from chromosome 15q11-q13,

MedlinePlus

Phenylketonuria

Description

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a type of amino acid metabolism disorder. It is inherited. If you have it, your body can't process phenylalanine (Phe). Phe is an amino acid, a building block of proteins. It is in almost all foods. If your Phe level gets too high, it can damage your brain and cause severe intellectual disability.

Achondroplasia

Description

Achondroplasia is a form of short-limbed dwarfism. The word achondroplasia literally means "without cartilage formation." Cartilage is a tough but flexible tissue that makes up much of the skeleton during early development. However, in achondroplasia the problem is not in forming cartilage but in converting it to bone (a process called ossification), particularly in the long bones of the arms and legs. Achondroplasia is similar to another skeletal disorder called hypochondroplasia, but the features of achondroplasia tend to be more severe.

Causes

Mutations in the FGFR3 gene cause achondroplasia. The FGFR3 gene provides instructions for making a protein that is involved in the development and maintenance of bone and brain tissue. Two specific mutations in the FGFR3 gene are responsible for almost all cases of achondroplasia. Researchers believe that these mutations cause the FGFR3 protein to be overly active, which interferes with skeletal development and leads to the disturbances in bone growth seen with this disorder.

Angelman syndrome

Causes

Many of the characteristic features of Angelman syndrome result from the loss of function of a gene called UBE3A. People normally inherit one copy of the UBE3A gene from each parent. Both copies of this gene are turned on (active) in many of the body's tissues. In certain areas of the brain, however, only the copy inherited from a person's mother (the maternal copy) is active. This parent-specific gene activation is caused by a phenomenon called genomic imprinting. If the maternal copy of the UBE3A gene is lost because of a chromosomal change or a gene mutation, a person will have no active copies of the gene in some parts of the brain.