Mondo Description Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency is the most frequent form of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency (PDHD) characterized by variable lactic acidosis, impaired psychomotor development, hypotonia and neurological dysfunction.

Uniprot Description An enzymatic defect causing primary lactic acidosis in children. It is associated with a broad clinical spectrum ranging from fatal lactic acidosis in the newborn to chronic neurologic dysfunction with structural abnormalities in the central nervous system without systemic acidosis.