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Strategies for the prenatal diagnosis of primary hyperoxaluria type 1.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Jul 1996
Danpure C J, Rumsby G
Abstract excerpt
Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is a potentially lethal autosomal recessive disorder of glyoxylate metabolism caused by a deficiency of the liver-specific peroxisomal enzyme alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT). Over the past 13 years, various strategies have been adopted for its prenatal diagnosis, including (1) glyoxylate metabolite analysis of amniotic fluid in the second trimester; (2) AGT enzyme...
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