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gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase deficiency

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An amino acid metabolic disorder characterized by accumulation of glutathione in the plasma and urine that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in GGT1 on 22q11.23.

Signs and symptoms

  • Global developmental delay
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Reduced gamma-glutamyltransferase level
  • Reduced tissue gamma-glutamyltransferase activity
  • Glutathionuria
  • Intellectual disability
  • Hyperreflexia
  • Action tremor
  • Asthma
  • Agenesis of corpus callosum

Also known as: GGT deficiency; GGT1 deficiency; GTG deficiency; gamma-glutamyl transferase deficiency; glutathionuria