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Genetic heterogeneity in primary hyperoxaluria type 1: impact on diagnosis.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jan 2000
Coulter-Mackie Marion B, Rumsby Gill
Abstract excerpt
Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by progressive kidney failure due to renal deposition of calcium oxalate. The disease is caused by a deficiency of alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT) which catalyzes the conversion of glyoxylate to glycine. When AGT is absent, glyoxylate is converted to oxalate which forms insoluble calcium salts that accumulate in the...
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