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Abstract
Defect of the purine salvage enzyme, hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT), results in Lesch–Nyhan disease (LND). It is unknown how the metabolic defect translates into the severe neuropsychiatric phenotype characterized by self-injurious behavior, dystonia and mental retardation. There are abnormalities in GTP, UTP and CTP concentrations in HPRT-deficient cells. Moreover, GTP, ITP, XTP, ...
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