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Partial HPRT deficiency phenotype and incomplete splicing mutation.
Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids - 1 Jun 2010
Torres R J, Garcia M G, Puig J G
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) activity is an inborn error of purine metabolism associated with uric acid overproduction and a continuum spectrum of neurological manifestations depending on the degree of enzyme deficiency. The complete deficiency causes Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS). Partial HPRT-deficient patients can show a variable degree of neurological manifestations. Both...
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