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The spectrum of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) deficiency. Clinical experience based on 22 patients from 18 Spanish families.
Medicine - 1 Mar 2001
Puig J G, Torres R J, Mateos F A, Ramos T H, Arcas J M, Buño A S, O'Neill P
Abstract excerpt
The enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) catalyzes the reutilization of hypoxanthine and guanine to the purine nucleotides IMP and GMP, respectively. HPRT deficiency is an X-linked disorder characterized by uric acid overproduction and variable neurologic impairment. The complete deficiency of HPRT is diagnostic of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome manifested by choreoathetosis, spasticity, mental...
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