Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)»Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)»Primary hyperoxaluria (E72.53)
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Primary hyperoxaluria
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Hyperoxaluria36 drugs (13 approved, 23 experimental)
Excretion of an excessive amount of OXALATES in the urine.
Hyperoxaluria, Primary7 drugs (3 approved, 4 experimental)
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.