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Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency in a patient with a Madrid II mutation.
Joint bone spine - 1 Jan 2013
Sapag Ana, Frischling Eduardo, Laborde Hugo
Abstract excerpt
The hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency is an inborn error of purine metabolism, linked to the X chromosome. The clinical phenotypes associated with HPRT deficiency varied according to the level of enzyme deficiency, with a large spectrum of neurologic features like self-injurious behaviour in patients with complete deficiency. We report a 20-year-old man who had asymmetric polyarthritis,...
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