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Regional brain volume abnormalities in Lesch-Nyhan disease and its variants: a cross-sectional study.
The Lancet. Neurology - 1 Dec 2013
Schretlen David J, Varvaris Mark, Ho Tiffany E, Vannorsdall Tracy D, Gordon Barry, Harris James C, Jinnah H A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lesch-Nyhan disease is a rare, X-linked, neurodevelopmental metabolic disorder that is caused by abnormalities in the levels of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase enzyme activity. The neural substrates associated with Lesch-Nyhan disease remain poorly understood. We aimed to use voxel-based morphometry to identify affected brain regions in classic Lesch-Nyhan disease and Lesch-Nyhan...
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