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familial hypertryptophanemia

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An amino acid metabolic disorder characterized by elevated urine and plasma tryptophan levels that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the TDO2 gene on chromosome 4q32.1.

Signs and symptoms

  • Increased serum serotonin
  • Hypertryptophanemia
  • Moderate intellectual disability
  • Limited elbow extension
  • Strabismus
  • Generalized joint hypermobility
  • Amplification of sexual behavior
  • Camptodactyly of finger
  • Stuttering
  • Tryptophanuria

Also known as: HYPTRP