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New biomarkers for early diagnosis of Lesch-Nyhan disease revealed by metabolic analysis on a large cohort of patients.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 23 Jan 2015
Ceballos-Picot Irène, Le Dantec Aurélia, Brassier Anaïs, Jaïs Jean-Philippe, Ledroit Morgan, Cahu Julie, Ea Hang-Korng, Daignan-Fornier Bertrand, Pinson Benoît
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BACKGROUND: Lesch-Nyhan disease is a rare X-linked neurodevelopemental metabolic disorder caused by a wide variety of mutations in the HPRT1 gene leading to a deficiency of the purine recycling enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGprt). The residual HGprt activity correlates w...
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