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Partial HPRT deficiency (Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome).
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - 1 Jan 2006
Saigal Renu, Chakraborty A, Yadav R N, Prashant R K
Abstract excerpt
Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) deficiency is an X-linked defect of purine metabolism. Clinical manifestations are usually related to the degree of enzyme deficiency; complete HPRT deficiency (Lesh-Nyhan Syndrome) presenting with severe neurological or renal symptoms, or partial HPRT deficiency (Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome) manifesting as a gout-urolithiasis syndrome. We report a case of...
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