Self‐mutilation behaviour in Lesch–Nyhan syndrome

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS), first described in 1964 by Lesch and Nyhan, is a rare X-linked genetic disorder involving (near) absence of the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT). It occurs in 1:100,000 to 380,000 live births (1, 2). The deficiency of HPRT activity leads to an excessive uric acid production resulting in neurological, renal and musculoskeletal manifestations. Death usually...

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