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Genetic analysis of the HPRT mutation of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome in a Chinese family.
Zhonghua yi xue za zhi = Chinese medical journal; Free China ed - 1 Dec 1995
Lee W J, Lee H M, Chi C S, Yang M T, Lin H Y, Lin W H
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BACKGROUND: The Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is an X-linked recessive inherited disease caused by a complete deficiency of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl-transferase (HPRT) activity. Many different mutations throughout the HPRT coding region of Lesch-Nyhan patients have been described, including single base substitutions, partial or entire gene deletions, gene insertions or endoduplication of exons. However, study...
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