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Diagnostic tests for primary renal hypouricemia.
Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids - 1 Dec 2011
Sebesta Ivan, Stiburkova Blanka, Bartl Josef, Ichida Kimiyoshi, Hosoyamada Makoto, Taylor Judy, Marinaki Anthony
Abstract excerpt
Primary renal hypouricemia is a genetic disorder characterized by defective renal uric acid (UA) reabsorption with complications such as nephrolithiasis and exercise-induced acute renal failure. The known causes are: defects in the SLC22A12 gene, encoding the human urate transporter 1 (hURAT1), and also impairment of voltage urate transporter (URATv1), encoded by SLC2A9 (GLUT9) gene. Diagnosis is based on...
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