Dennis Livingston 1999

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Biochemical Board Diseases

 

Disease

 

Enzyme/Protein/Vitamin

 

Differential Diagnosis

     

 

sickle cell anemia

 

beta globin

 

 

beta thalassemia

 

beta globin

 

 

osteogenesis imperfecta

 

collagen

 

 

Ehlers-Danlos Type IV

 

collagen

 

 

alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

 

alpha-1-antitrypsin

 

 

phenylketonuria

 

phenylalanine hydroxylase

 

 

alcaptonuria

 

homogentisate oxidase

 

 

maple syrup urine disease

 

alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase

 

 

gout

 

xanthine oxidase

 

 

ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

 

ornithine transcarbamylase

 

 

albinism

 

tyrosinase

 

 

porphyrias

 

heme biosynthesis

 

light sensitive skin; funny colored urine

 

Fabry's

 

alpha-galactosidase

 

 

Hunter

 

iduronate sulfatase

 

 

Hurler+Scheie

 

alpha-L-iduronidase

 

 

Tay-Sachs

 

hexosaminidase A

 

 

Gaucher's

 

beta-glucosidase

 

 

Niemann-Pick

 

sphingomylinase

 

 

familial hypercholesterolemia

 

LDL receptor

 

 

severe combined immunodeficiency syndrom (SCIDS)

 

adenosine deaminase

 

 

hemophilia A

 

Factor VIII

 

 

pernicious anemia

 

vitamin B12 binding protein (intrinsic factor)

 

 

Cushing's disease

 

ACTH

 

 

McArdle's

 

muscle glycogen phosphorylase

 

 

Von Gierke's

 

glucose-6-phosphatase

 

 

fructoseuria

 

aldolase B

 

 

G6PD deficiency

 

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

 

 

MCAD deficiency

 

medium-chain acyl dehydrogenase

 

 

Lesch-Nyhan

 

hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase

 

 

Zellweger's

 

no peroxisomes

 

 

xeroderma pigmentosum

 

nucleotide excision repair enzymes

 

 

hereditary nonpolyposis colerectal cancer

 

mismatch repair enzymes

 
     

 

beriberi

 

thamine (B1)

 

 

pellagra niacin

 

niacin

 

 

scurvy

 

vitamin C

 

 

rickets

 

vitamin D