Metabolic diseases
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Generic term for diseases caused by an abnormal metabolic process.
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Congenital or acquired[edit | edit source]
It can be congenital due to inherited enzyme abnormality or acquired due to disease of an endocrine organ or failure of a metabolically important organ such as the liver.
Inborn error of carbohydrate metabolism: monosaccharide metabolism disorders (E73–E74, 271) Including glycogen storage diseases (GSD) | |||||||||
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| Sucrose, transport (extracellular) |
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| Hexose → glucose |
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| Glucose ⇄ glycogen |
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| Glucose ⇄ CAC |
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| Pentose phosphate pathway | |||||||||
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| Synthesis |
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| Degradation |
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| Hyperlipidemia | |||||
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| Hypolipoproteinemia |
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| Lipodystrophy | |||||
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Heme metabolism disorders | |||||||
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| Porphyria, hepatic and erythropoietic (porphyrin) |
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| Hereditary hyperbilirubinemia (bilirubin) |
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| Purine metabolism |
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| Pyrimidine metabolism |
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| Mevalonate pathway | |||||||||||
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| To cholesterol | |||||||||||
| Steroids |
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