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Primary hyperoxaluria type 1: genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 1994
Danpure C J, Jennings P R, Fryer P, Purdue P E, Allsop J
Abstract excerpt
Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a deficiency of the liver-specific peroxisomal enzyme alanine: glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT). The disease is notable for its extensive heterogeneity at the clinical, biochemical, enzymic and molecular genetic levels. A study of 116 PH1 patients over the past 8 years has revealed four main enzymic phenotypes: (1) absence of both AGT...
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