| A form of congenital disorder of N-linked glycosylation, characterized by cyclic vomiting, profound hypoglycemia, failure to thrive, liver fibrosis, gastrointestinal complications (protein-losing enteropathy with hypoalbuminemia, life-threatening intestinal bleeding of diffuse origin) and thrombotic events (protein C and S deficiency, low anti-thrombin III levels). Neurological development and cognitive capacity is usually normal. The clinical course is variable even within families. The disease is caused by loss of function of the gene MPI (15q24.1). |