- Hypophosphatasia
DiseaseDisorder infobox
Name = PAGENAME
ICD10 = ICD10|E|83|3|e|70
ICD9 = ICD9|275.3
ICDO =
Caption =
OMIM = 146300
OMIM_mult = OMIM2|240500 OMIM2|240510
MedlinePlus =
eMedicineSubj = ped
eMedicineTopic = 1126
DiseasesDB = 6516
MeshID = D007014Hypophosphatasia is a rare inherited
metabolic disorder of decreased tissue nonspecificalkaline phosphatase (TNSALP) and defectivebone mineralization. Bothautosomal recessive andautosomal dominant variants of the disease exist.The disease comes in one of five forms, perinatal, infantile, childhood, adult, and odontohypophosphatasia. Perinatal hypophosphatasia is invariably lethal while infantile hypophosphatasia has a roughly 50% mortality rate with symptoms appearing within the first 6th months after birth. The other forms are generally non-lethal.
Common symptoms include bone malformations and higher chance of bone fracture. Both the adult form and odontohypophosphatasial form are marked by premature tooth loss.
There is no known cure for hypophosphatasia. However, there have been some claims that
choline may have positive health benefits for those with the disease that take it as a dietary supplement.ee also
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Alkaline phosphatase
*Choline References
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External links
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=146300 NCBI]
* [http://hypophosphatasia.homestead.com/files/index.html Information] from Canadian Hypophosphatasia Contact
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