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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Lesch-Nyhan disease (LND) is caused by deficiency of the purine salvage enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT). Affected individuals exhibit over-production of uric acid, along with a characteristic neurobehavioural syndrome that includes mental retardation, recurrent self-injurious behaviour and motor disability. Prior studies involving relatively small numbers of patients have provided different conclusions on the nature of the motor disorder. The current study includes the results of a multi-centre international prospective study of the motor disorder in the largest cohort of patients studied to date. A total of 44 patients ranging from 2 to 38 years presented a characteristic motor syndrome that involved severe action dystonia superimposed on baseline hypotonia. Although some patients also displayed other extrapyramidal or pyramidal signs, these were always less prominent than dystonia. These results are compared with a comprehensive review of 122 prior reports that included a total of 254 patients. Explanations for the differing observations available in the literature are provided, along with a summary of how the motor disorder of LND relates to current understanding of its pathophysiology involving the basal ganglia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1460-2156
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
129
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1201-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Cerebral Palsy, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Child, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Deglutition Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Developmental Disabilities, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Dysarthria, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Dystonia, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Muscle Hypotonia, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Pyramidal Tracts, pubmed-meshheading:16549399-Severity of Illness Index
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Delineation of the motor disorder of Lesch-Nyhan disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. hjinnah@jhmi.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Multicenter Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural