The prognosis for this disease is bleak, as there is no way to repair the genetic damage, and uric acid buildup in the bloodstream leads to extreme retardation and certain death.
Its first symptom is the formation of orange crystal structures in the infants' feces. Caused by a defective gene on the long arm of the X chromosome, it results in the defective manufacture of the enzyme HPRT. The prognosis for this disease is bleak, as there is no way to repair the genetic damage, and uric acid buildup in the bloodstream leads to extreme retardation and certain death. FTP, identify this genetic disease, best characterized by agonizing bouts of the patient's uncontrollable self-mutilation.
Its first symptom is the formation of orange crystal structures in the infants' feces.
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome