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Molecular aetiology of primary hyperoxaluria and its implications for clinical management.
Expert reviews in molecular medicine - 9 Jan 2004
Danpure Christopher J, Rumsby Gill
Abstract excerpt
The primary hyperoxalurias type 1 (PH1) and type 2 (PH2) are autosomal recessive calcium oxalate kidney stone diseases caused by deficiencies of the metabolic enzymes alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT) and glyoxylate/hydroxypyruvate reductase (GR/HPR), respectively. Over 50 mutations have been identified in the AGXT gene (encoding AGT) in PH1, associated with a wide variety of effects on AGT, including...
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