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Disease
Cystinuria type I
Overview

Contributor: Gordon K. Klintworth
Cystinuria type I is one of the variants of cystinuria. It is caused by a mutation in the SLC3A1 gene. Patients with cytinuria type I excrete large amounts of cystine, lysine, arginine and ornithine in the urine, but heterozygotes do not.