Pediatrics
Metabolic Disorders
Exam Yield
| Probability of getting 1 Question from this chapter | 75% |
| Ease of Revision | 8.1 / 10 |
That is 4 marks for remembering bullet points, points you would have already covered in Biochemistry.
Question Pattern
This chapter is based on remembering 2 things.
- Which deficiency causes, which syndrome.?
- And which syndrome has which features.?
Just remember this one-to-one relationship for the important disorders mentioned here, and you can easily score.
What’s more, this will already have been covered in Biochemistry too, in respective metabolism chapters.
Recent Questions
Questions on this chapter from recent NEET and AIIMS examinations have been about
- Ochronosis
- Hartnup disease
- Cori disease
- Mucopolysaccharidoses
- Maple syrup urine disease
- Pellagra-like symptoms are seen in the deficiency of
- Phenylketonuria
- HHH syndrome
- Niemann–Pick disease
- Hereditary fructose intolerance
- Hurler’s disease
- Hereditary tyrosinemia 2
- Urinary findings in AA disorders
- Disorders of Urea Cycle
Suggested Revision
- Homocystinuria
- Examples of Sphingolipidoses
- Sweaty feet odour
- Alkaptonuria
- Types of tyrosinemia with deficient enzymes
- Tomcat urine
- Types of porphyria
- Organic aciduria