Hyperglycerolemia

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Hyperglycerolemia
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 E74.8
OMIM 307030
DiseasesDB 29827

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

Hyperglycerolemia is a condition characterized by high levels of glycerides, including monoglycerides, diglycerides and triglycerides, in the blood stream. It is an X-linked genetic disorder caused by a mutation or deletion of Xp21.2, the glycerol kinase gene.[1]

It is often accompanied with adrenal hypoplasia, whose locus is near that of hyperglycerolemia.[2]

Hyperglycerolemia is also referred to as "glycerol kinase deficiency", "gk deficiency", "gkd", and "gk1 deficiency".[3]

See also

References

  1. Hammond et al. (1985-01-05). "Proposed assignment of loci for X-linked adrenal hypoplasia and glycerol kinase genes". Lancet. 1 (8419): 54. PMID 2856983. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. seltzer et al. (1985). "Adrenal dysfunction in glycerol kinase deficiency". Biochemical Medicine. 33 (2): 289–199. PMID 2988520. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. "Glycerol kinase deficiency information". Diseases Database. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

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