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GLUT9 influences uric acid concentration in patients with Lesch-Nyhan disease.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Jun 2018
Torres Rosa J, Puig Juan G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with deficient hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) activity present hyperuricemia and/or hyperuricosuria, with a variable degree of neurological manifestations. Hyperuricemia in HPRT deficiency is due to uric acid overproduction and is frequently treated with allopurinol. Renal uric acid excretion is sharply increased in these patients. In recent years, several renal tubular...
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