Hawkinsinuria

Description

Hawkinsinuria is an inborn error of tyrosine metabolism characterized by failure to thrive, persistent metabolic acidosis, fine and sparse hair, and excretion of the unusual cyclic amino acid metabolite, hawkinsin ((2-l-cystein-S-yl, 4-dihydroxycyclohex-5-en-1-yl)acetic acid), in the urine.

Clinical Features

Top most frequent phenotypes and symptoms related to Hawkinsinuria

  • Microcephaly
  • Growth delay
  • Failure to thrive
  • Muscular hypotonia
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Vomiting
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Acidosis
  • Irritability
  • Sparse hair

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Incidence and onset information

— Currently we don't have prevalence information about this disease (Not enough data available about incidence and published cases.)
No data available about the known clinical features onset.

Alternative names

Hawkinsinuria Is also known as 4-alpha-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase deficiency, 4-hppd deficiency, 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid dioxygenase deficiency.

Researches and researchers

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Hawkinsinuria Recommended genes panels

Panel Name, Specifity and genes Tested/covered
HPD Familial Mutation/Variant Analysis.

By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States).

HPD
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
HPD Prenatal Sequence Analysis.

By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States).

HPD
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
HPD Sequence Analysis.

By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States).

HPD
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
HPD.

By Institute for Human Genetics University Clinic Freiburg (Germany).

HPD
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
HPD Gene Sequencing.

By GeneDx (United States).

HPD
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
Tyrosinemia type III (sequence analysis of HPD gene).

By CGC Genetics (Portugal).

HPD
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
Hawkinsinuria (sequence analysis of HPD gene).

By CGC Genetics (Portugal).

HPD
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
Tyrosinemia Type III and Hawkinsinuria via HPD Gene Sequencing with CNV Detection.

By PreventionGenetics PreventionGenetics (United States).

HPD
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %

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Sources and references

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