Article
[Abnormalities in urate metabolism: concept and classification].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Dec 1996
Akaoka I, Kamatani N
Abstract excerpt
Most of the primates, unlike other mammals, have mutations in urate oxidase gene and cannot catabolize urate in the bodies. In addition to the genetic defects, some human subjects have various abnormalities in urate metabolism. Urate metabolism abnormalities are classified into two categories, hy...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Humans
- Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
- Male
- Metabolic Diseases
- Mutation
- Ribose-Phosphate Pyrophosphokinase
- Urate Oxidase
- Uric Acid
- Xanthine Dehydrogenase