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Primary hyperoxaluria type 1

rare

A rare disorder of glyoxylate metabolism characterized by the accumulation of oxalate due to a deficiency of the peroxisomal hepatic enzyme L-alanine: glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT). Clinical presentation is variable, ranging from occasional symptomatic nephrolithiasis to nephrocalcinosis and end-stage renal disease with systemic involvement.

Also known as
AGXT primary hyperoxaluria · glycolic aciduria · HP1 · hyperoxaluria, primary, type I · peroxisomal alanine glyoxylate aminotransferase deficiency

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