Glycinuria

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The Glycinurie is a very rare genetic metabolic disorder of the human, which is due to a carrier defective to an increased excretion of the amino acid glycine is via the urine. Pronounced nephrolithiasis is symptomatic .

In addition to Hartnup syndrome and cystinuria , the disease is one of the primary disorders of amino acid transport .

literature

  • W. Siegenthaler, E. Blum: Clinical Pathophysiology. 9th edition. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-13-449609-7 , p. 122ff.