manifesting heterozygote

Such females are known as manifesting heterozygotes. Examples of X-linked disorders include ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (an enzyme deficiency resulting in high blood levels of ammonia and impaired urea formation), X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (a disorder that is characterized by progressive mental and physical deterioration and adrenal insufficiency), and Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (a disorder…

…affect females who are “manifesting heterozygotes” (see the section Inheritance), presenting with severe disease during infancy or later in life during times of metabolic stress—for instance, during viral illness or childbirth. Emergency management of urea cycle disorders includes intravenous ammonia-scavenging medications and hemodialysis to decrease the blood ammonia level.…