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Amino Acid Transport Disorders, Inborn

Medical Definition: Disorders characterized by defective transport of amino acids across cell membranes. These include deficits in transport across brush-border epithelial cell membranes of the small intestine (MICROVILLI) and KIDNEY TUBULES; transport across the basolateral membrane; and transport across the membranes of intracellular organelles. (From Nippon Rinsho 1992 Jul;50(7):1587-92)
Guide Notes: DF: AA TRANSPORT DIS INBORN
Previously Indexed: Brain Diseases (1966-1976),Brain Diseases, Metabolic (1977-1999)

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