Mondo Description Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-beta deficiency is an extremely rare form of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency (PDHD) characterized by severe lactic acidosis, developmental delay and hypotonia.

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.