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Hyperuricemia and gout due to deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in female carriers: New insight to differential diagnosis.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 2 Feb 2015
Kostalova Eva, Pavelka Karel, Vlaskova Hana, Musalkova Dita, Stiburkova Blanka
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BACKGROUND: X-linked hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) deficiency in an inherited disorder of purine metabolism is usually associated with the clinical manifestations of hyperuricemia. A variable spectrum of neurological involvement occurs predominantly in males. Females are usually asymptomatic. Carrier status cannot be confirmed by biochemical and enzymatic methods reliably. METHODS: We...
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