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Case Reports
. 1985;17(3):231-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF02085409.

A rare enzyme deficiency causing formation of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (purine body) calculi

P Szönyi, M Berényi, J Tóth
Case Reports

A rare enzyme deficiency causing formation of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (purine body) calculi

P Szönyi et al. Int Urol Nephrol. 1985.

Abstract

Deficiency in the enzyme adenine-phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) has given rise to the formation of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine calculi, which are extremely rare. It is the first case of this kind reported in Hungary.

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