Pterin-4 alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency

A rare genetic, transient and benign form of hyperphenylalaninemia due to tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency and characterized by muscular hypotonia, irritability (detected by EEG), slow acquisition of psychomotor skills, age-dependent movement disorders, including dystonia and an accompanying excretion of 7-substituted pterins. Neurological developement is normal with dietary control of blood phenyalanine.