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Xanthine dehydrogenase deficiency with novel sequence variations presenting as rheumatoid arthritis in a 78-year-old patient.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2010
Jurecka Agnieszka, Stiburkova Blanka, Krijt Jakub, Gradowska Wanda, Tylki-Szymanska Anna
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UNLABELLED: This report describes the clinical, biochemical and molecular data of a 78-year-old patient with xanthine dehydrogenase deficiency presenting as rheumatoid arthritis. BACKGROUND: Xanthinuria type I is a rare disorder of purine metabolism caused by xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) deficiency; fewer than 150 cases have been described in the literature so far. METHODS: We describe the clinical history and...
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