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Ochronotic rheumatism in Algeria: clinical, radiological, biological and molecular studies--a case study of 14 patients in 11 families.
Joint bone spine - 1 May 2006
Ladjouze-Rezig Aicha, Rodriguez de Cordoba Santiago, Aquaron Robert
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OBJECTIVES: To confirm alkaptonuria and ochronotic arthropathy diagnosis by mutation screening of the homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD) gene. Try to establish a genotype-phenotype correlation in the five subjects with a molecular study on HGD gene. METHODS: We report 14 alkaptonuria cases (10 men and four women) in 11 Algerian families. Consanguineous matings were evidenced in only three families (F = 1/16)....
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