Urea is a by-product of purine degradation, normally cleared by the kidneys and excreted in the urine. The urea concentration gets high enough that urea crystallizes and deposits at joints. Since...
In 2010, the incidence of urea cycle disorders was estimated to be 1:8200 live births.1 Some experts believe this estimate may be low because of the high occurrence of undiagnosed/misdiagnosed...
Recessive allele disorders are just as they sound - they are disorders that are a result of a prevalent recessive allele in one's genetic makeup. A recessive allele disorder will rarely occur since...