Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency in man: From biology to treatment

✍ Scribed by Alberto Ponzone; Marco Spada; Silvio Ferraris; Irma Dianzani; Luisa de Sanctis

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 356 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0198-6325
• DOI: 10.1002/med.10055

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In 1975, dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR) deficiency was first recognized as a cause of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH~4~) deficiency, leading to hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) and impaired biogenic amine deficiency. So far, more than 150 patients scattered worldwide have been reported and major progresses have been made in the understanding of physiopathology, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and molecular genetics of this inherited disease. Present knowledge on different aspects of DHPR deficiency, largely derived from authors' personal experience, is traced in this article. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Med Res Rev, 24, No. 2, 127–150, 2004