hereditary folate malabsorption

Summary

DOID:0111678 - hereditary folate malabsorption

Disease Ontology Definition:A vitamin metabolic disorder characterized by impaired intestinal folate absorption and impaired transport of folate into the central nervous system resulting in megaloblastic anemia, diarrhea, immune deficiency, infections, and neurologic deficits that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the SLC46A1 gene on chromosome 17q11.2.

Synonyms: congenital defect of folate absorption, congenital folate malabsorption

Xenbase Genes Genes associated with this Disease Ontology entry or its descendents or its corresponding OMIM entries

Genes associated with this Disease Ontology entry or its descendents or its corresponding OMIM entries

: slc46a1

Other Model Organisms: Alliance, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

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Parent(s): autosomal recessive disease (is_a), vitamin metabolic disorder (is_a)