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Atlantoaxial subluxation with recurrent consciousness disturbance in a boy with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Nov 2006
Hou Jia-Woei
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Deficiency of the purine salvage enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) may cause various clinical entities such as Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS). A 9.5-y-old boy with the phenotypic features of LNS, including hyperuricaemia, choreoathetosis, self-mutilation and profound neurological dysfunction, was found to have HPRT deficiency. Normocytic anaemia, hyperuricaemia (uric acid 594.8...
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