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Clinical manifestations and molecular aspects of phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase superactivity in females
16 Mar 2018
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Objectives: Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase (PRPS1) superactivity is an X-linked disorder characterized by urate overproduction Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) gene reference 300661. This condition is thought to rarely affect women, and when it does, the clinical presentation is mild. We describe a 16-year-old African American female who developed progressive tophi, nephrolithiasis and acute...
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