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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
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- Defective purine salvage due to absent HGPRT, which concerts hypoxanthine to IMP and guanine to GMP. Results in excess uric acid production and de novo purine synthesis
- X-linked recessive
- intellectual disability, self-mutilation, aggression, hyperuricemia, gout, dystoniaH: HyperuricemiaG: GoutP: Pissed off (agression, self-mutilation)R: RetardationT: DysTonia
- orange crystals in diapers (sodium urate)
Treatment: allopurinol or febuxostat
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