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Pediatrics Disorders of Amino acid Metabolism 50c86e8f

HHH syndrome is caused by defect in:

A
Ornithine permease
B
Ornithine transcarbamyolase
C
Arginase
D
Argininosuccinase lyase
High-Yield Explanation
Hyperammonemia-Hyperornithinemia-Homocitrullinemia (HHH) Syndrome: autosomal recessive disorder Defect is in transpo system of ornithine from cytosol into mitochondria Accumulation of ornithine in the cytosol and a deficiency of ornithine inside mitochondria.

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