Diseases

Primary Hyperoxaluria

A genetic disorder characterized by excretion of large amounts of OXALATES in urine; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROCALCINOSIS; early onset of RENAL FAILURE; and often a generalized deposit of CALCIUM OXALATE. There are subtypes classified by the enzyme defects in glyoxylate metabolism.

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A genetic disorder characterized by excretion of large amounts of OXALATES in urine; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROCALCINOSIS; early onset of RENAL FAILURE; and often a generalized deposit of CALCIUM OXALATE. There are subtypes classified by the enzyme defects in glyoxylate metabolism.

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11 entry terms
  • Hyperoxaluria, Primary
  • Oxaluria, Primary
  • Primary Oxaluria
  • Hyperoxalurias, Primary
  • Oxalurias, Primary
  • Primary Hyperoxalurias
  • Primary Oxalurias
  • Primary Oxalosis
  • Oxaloses, Primary
  • Oxalosis, Primary
  • Primary Oxaloses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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91(87); was see under HYPEROXALURIA 1987-90

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Primary Hyperoxaluria. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006960. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006960
  2. Primary Hyperoxaluria. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_hyperoxaluria
  3. Primary Hyperoxaluria. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7243137