Hypervalinemia

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Hypervalinemia
Classification and external resources
Valine
ICD-9 270.3
OMIM 277100

Hypervalinemia (occasionally called valinemia) is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder in which urinary and serum levels of the branched-chain amino acid valine are elevated, without related elevation of the branched-chain amino acids leucine and isoleucine. It is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme valine transaminase.

Presenting in infancy, symptoms include lack of appetite, vomiting, dehydration, hypotonia and failure to thrive.

Hypervalinemia has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.
Hypervalinemia has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.

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