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Mutation carrier testing in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome families: HPRT mutant frequency and mutation analysis with peripheral blood T lymphocytes.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2004
O'Neill J Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the X chromosome hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) gene are responsible for Lesch-Nyhan syndrome and related diseases in humans. Because the gene is on the X chromosome, males are affected and females in the families are at risk of being carriers of the mutation. Because there are so many different mutations that can cause the disease (218 different mutations in 271 families),...
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