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. 1991 May;48(5):983–989.

2,8-Dihydroxyadenine lithiasis in a Japanese patient heterozygous at the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase locus.

A Sahota 1, J Chen 1, M A Behzadian 1, R Ravindra 1, H Takeuchi 1, P J Stambrook 1, J A Tischfield 1
PMCID: PMC1683049  PMID: 1673292

Abstract

All reported cases of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA) lithiasis have been due to functional homozygous deficiency of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT). Here we describe the first case of DHA lithiasis in a patient who has functional APRT activity in cultured lymphoblasts. The patient is heterozygous for Japanese-type (type II) APRT deficiency as demonstrated by starch-gel electrophoresis and DNA sequence analysis. We also demonstrate the use of starch-gel electrophoresis for differentiation between the type II mutant enzyme and the wild-type enzyme.

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