Hyperargininemia is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a defect in the arginase I enzyme resulting in high plasma arginine and ammonia levels, that develops encephalopathy.
Category
Inherited metabolic disorder
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Metabolic disorders
Inborn errors of metabolism
5C50 Inborn errors of amino acid or other organic acid metabolism
H00186 Hyperargininemia
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Amino acid metabolism
nt06010 Urea cycle
H00186 Hyperargininemia
Cellular process
nt06535 Efferocytosis
H00186 Hyperargininemia