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Hartnup disease

ORPHA:2116· ICD-10 E72.0

Definition

A rare metabolic disorder belonging to the neutral aminoacidurias, mainly characterized by skin photosensitivity, ocular and neuropsychiatric features, due to abnormal renal and gastrointestinal transport of neutral amino acids (tryptophan, alanine, asparagine, glutamine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tyrosine and valine).

Prevalence
1-9 / 100 000
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Age of onset
All ages