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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome |
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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome [′lesh ′nī‚han ‚sin‚drōm]
(medicine) A hereditary disease of male children, transmitted as an X-linked recessive, characterized by hyperuricemia, deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase, mental retardation, spastic cerebral palsy, choreathetosis, and self-mutilating biting. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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