Term Name: | Lesch-Nyhan syndrome |
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Synonyms: | Complete hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency, deficiency of IMP pyrophosphorylase, HG-PRT deficiency, HPRT1 deficiency, hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency, Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency, Hypoxanthine-guanine-phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency, Lesch - Nyhan syndrome, X-linked hyperuricemia |
Definition: | A purine-pyrimidine metabolic disorder characterized by mental retardation, spastic cerebral palsy, choreoathetosis, uric acid urinary stones, and self-destructive biting of fingers and lips that has_material_basis_in mutation in the HPRT1 gene on chromosome Xq26. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:1919] ( DOID:1919 ) |