What Is Hyperoxaluria?

Hyperoxaluria is an autosomal recessive disease. The liver is deficient in alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase, resulting in excessive oxalic acid production. Clinical manifestations are hyperoxaluria and recurrent urinary stones. .

Hyperoxaluria

Hyperoxaluria is an autosomal recessive disease. The liver is deficient in alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase, resulting in excessive oxalic acid production. Clinical manifestations are hyperoxaluria and recurrent urinary stones. .
Chinese name
Hyperoxaluria
Types of
Autosomal recessive disease
Cause
Lack of an enzyme
Clinical manifestation
Hyperoxaluria and recurrent urinary stones
Primary hyperoxaluria is an autosomal recessive disease. The liver is deficient in alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase, resulting in excessive oxalic acid production. The clinical manifestations are hyperoxaluria and repeated urine. Road stones. Patients with oxalic acid metabolism still have a high recurrence rate after kidney transplantation. Therefore, patients with primary hyperoxaluria have been considered unsuitable for kidney transplantation. Recently, it has been found that combined liver and kidney transplantation can achieve better results.

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