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Elevated fibrinopeptide A (FPA) in patients with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
A Imamura1, H Yamanouchi, T Kurokawa
1Division of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, Tokyo, Japan.
Brain & Development
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
The detection of elevated fibrinopeptide A (FPA) level in a patient with the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome complicated with cerebral infarction prompted us to examine FPA level in 3 other patients with the syndrome. FPA level significantly increased in all patients. Fibrinopeptide B beta 15-42 (FPB beta 15-42) level was increased in two, and both beta-thromboglobulin (beta TG) and platelet factor 4 (PF4) levels were elevated in one patient. These results suggest coagulation abnormalities in patients with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.