INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM


Meaning of INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM in English

Term coined by A. Garrod in 1908 applying to heritable disorders of biochemistry. Examples include albinism, cystinuria (a cause of kidney stones) and phenylketonuria (PKU) are a few of the hundreds of inborn errors of metabolism.

English dictionary of medicine.      Английский словарь медицины.