Lesch-nyhan syndrome in an Indian child

• Main Authors: Priyanka Chandekar (Author), Bhushan Madke (Author), Sumit Kar (Author), Nidhi Yadav (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase-1 (HGPRT-1) leading to Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is one of the important causes of self-mutilation. Hereby, we report a case of LNS in a three and half-year-old male child, who presented with characteristic self-mutilating behavior. He had history of...