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The allopurinol load test proved positive in 13 of 16 patients from group A, mean peak orotate 64.0\u03bcmol\/mmol creatinine (upper limit of reference range, 13.2) and 11 of 17 patients from group B, mean peak orotate 41.0\u03bcmol\/mmol creatinine (upper limit of reference range, 13.2). Thorough investigation of these patients including urinary and plasma amino acid analysis and, in 17 cases, liver biopsy for histology and measurement of ornithine carbamyltransferase (OCT) and carbamyl\u2010phosphate synthetase (CPS) activity failed to identify any evidence of a urea cycle disorder. However, muscle biopsies performed in 11 patients showed some evidence of mitochondrial disease in four cases, two defined on the basis of reduced respiratory chain enzyme activity and two on the basis of mtDNA abnormalities. 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