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[Deficiencies of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT)].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Apr 2008
Yamada Yasukazu
Abstract excerpt
Inherited mutations of a purine salvage enzyme, hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT, EC 2.4.2.8; MIM308000), give rise to Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (MIM300322) or HPRT-related gout called as Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome (MIM300323). In contrast with the most severe phenotype of classical Lesch-Nyhan disease (LND), the least severe phenotype is characterized by hyperuricemia without any neurological or...
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