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Three-generational alkaptonuria in a non-consanguineous family.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2008
Oexle K, Engel K, Tinschert S, Haas D, Lee-Kirsch M A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare inborn error of metabolism of aromatic amino acids and considered to be an autosomal recessive trait caused by mutations in the homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD) gene. A dominant pattern of inheritance has been reported but was attributed to extended consanguinity in many cases. However, we have observed a non-consanguineous family segregating AKU in a dominant manner...
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