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A 7-year-old child with mental retardation is seen because of severe behavior problems in school and self-directed aggressive behavior The patient is diagnosed with a complete deficiency of hypoxanthme-guanme phosphoribosyltransferase. This defect most likely results in the accumulation of which of the following metabolites in serum?
A) Adenine
B) Cytosme
C) Guanine
D) Urea
E) Uncacid

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eeee ....end product of the pathway... RIGHTT... do let me know if my answer is wrong

well could be E...after ruling out...but i donno what it is?

Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome excess urea production, D

Scratch that it's E. Uric acid production, sorry