Arginosuccinicaciduria (ARGINSA) is an autosomal recessive disorder of the urea cycle that is caused by defects in argininosuccinate lyase. ARGINSA is characterized by mental and physical retardation, liver enlargement, skin lesions, dry and brittle hair showing trichorrhexis nodosa microscopically and fluorescing red, convulsions, and episodic unconsciousness.
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
H01028 Argininosuccinic aciduria
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Amino acid metabolism
nt06010 Urea cycle
H01028 Argininosuccinic aciduria
Nagamani SC, Campeau PM, Shchelochkov OA, Premkumar MH, Guse K, Brunetti-Pierri N, Chen Y, Sun Q, Tang Y, Palmer D, Reddy AK, Li L, Slesnick TC, Feig DI, Caudle S, Harrison D, Salviati L, Marini JC, Bryan NS, Erez A, Lee B
Title
Nitric-oxide supplementation for treatment of long-term complications in argininosuccinic aciduria.