Lysinuric protein intolerance
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![Lysinuric protein intolerance has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.](/Images/godic/202501/25/Autorecessive.svg5330.png")
Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI), also called hyperdibasic aminoaciduria type 2,cationic aminoaciduria or familial protein intolerance, is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting amino acid transport.
About 140 patients have been reported, almost half of them of Finnish origin. Individuals from Japan, Italy, Morocco and North Africa have also been reported.