Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency

A rare autosomal recessive (AR) disorder characterized by the formation and hyperexcretion of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (2,8-DHA) in urine, causing urolithiasis and crystalline nephropathy.

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PMID (PMCID)
2642113
MIXED_SAMPLE Infant
Purine enzyme defects as a cause of acute renal failure in childhood.
Simmonds HA, Cameron JS, Barratt TM, Dillon MJ, Meadow SR, Trompeter RS.
Pediatr Nephrol. 1989;3(4):433-7.
This is important in view of the potential confusion of uric acid with 2,8-dihydroxyadenine, the even more insoluble purine excreted in the other salvage enzyme disorder, adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency.