isolated glycerol kinase deficiency
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Isolated glycerol kinase deficiency (GKD) is a very rare X-linked disorder of glycerol metabolism characterized biochemically by elevated plasma and urine glycerol levels, and clinically by variable neurometabolic manifestations, depending on the age of onset, and varying from a life-threatening childhood metabolic crisis to an asymptomatic adult form (infantile GKD, juvenile GKD, and adult GKD ). [ Orphanet:408 ]
Synonyms: hyperglycerolemia nonsyndromic glycerol kinase deficiency isolated inborn glycerol kinase deficiency nonsyndromic inborn glycerol kinase deficiency
Term information
- Orphanet:408 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- GARD:2807 (MONDO:GARD)
gard_rare, ordo_disorder, otar, rare, nord_rare, orphanet_rare