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What is your preferred method for diagnosing adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) deficiency in a patient with recurrent kidney stones and abnormal crystalluria?

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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic
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Genetic testing using a panel that includes APRT is the most reliable and straightforward thing to do.

There is not a laboratory in the United States currently that can measure urinary or blood dihydroxy adenine.

You can send a blood spot to the University of California San Diego lab for enzymatic a...

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Genetic testing using a nephrolithiasis gene panel is the most accessible and efficient way to diagnose APRT deficiency.

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