More information on medical condition: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome:
LNS: Another name for Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.
LNS (condition): Inherited biochemical disorder of purine metabolism caused by the virtual absence of an enzyme called hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase or HPRT.
LNS: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is a rare inherited disease that disrupts the metabolism of the raw material of genes. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
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