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During the last few years several studies1 in the field of inborn errors of metabolism have revealed disorders due to primary deficiency in purine and pyrimidine metabolism. Moreover, abnormal excretory patterns of intermediary metabolites of those compounds have been described in neoplastic and hereditary immunodeficiency diseases as well as in pathophysiological states which lead to primary or secondary hyperammonemia. The determination of pyrimidine metabolites also showed to give clues in the monitoring of the effectiveness of dietary therapy being used to treat patients with hyperammonemia.
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Rivera, I.A., de Almeida, I.T., Silveira, C. (1991). A Single HPLC System for the Evaluation of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolites in Body Fluids. In: Harkness, R.A., Elion, G.B., Zöllner, N. (eds) Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man VII. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 309B. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7703-4_3
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