primapterin

primapterin
pri·map·ter·in (pre-mapґtər-in) [from Primael, the first patient in whom it was detected + pterin] an isomer of biopterin substituted at the 7-position; it accumulates in the urine in patients with a defect in 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • primapterinuria — pri·map·ter·in·uria (pre map″tər ĭ nuґre ə) urinary excretion of primapterin, as occurs in tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency that is caused by mutation of the gene encoding 4a hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase …   Medical dictionary

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