Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp 133–134 | Cite as

The allopurinol loading test in detecting obligate heterozygotes for OCT deficiency

  • I. Sebesta
  • J. Krijt
  • L. D. Fairbanks
  • H. A. Simmonds
Korean IEM Workshop 1993

Keywords

Public Health Internal Medicine Allopurinol Obligate Heterozygote 
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© SSIEM and Kluwer Academic Publishers 1994

Authors and Affiliations

  • I. Sebesta
    • 1
  • J. Krijt
    • 1
  • L. D. Fairbanks
    • 2
  • H. A. Simmonds
    • 2
  1. 1.Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, 1st Medical FacultyCharles UniversityPrague 2Czech Republic
  2. 2.Purine Research LaboratoryUMDS Guy's HospitalLondonUK

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