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First report of HGD mutations in a Chinese with alkaptonuria.
Gene - 15 Apr 2013
Yang Yong-jia, Guo Ji-hong, Chen Wei-jian, Zhao Rui, Tang Jin-song, Meng Xiao-hua, Zhao Liu, Tu Ming, He Xin-yu, Wu Ling-qian, Zhu Yi-min
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Alkaptonuria (AKU) is one of the first prototypic inborn errors in metabolism and the first human disease found to be transmitted via Mendelian autosomal recessive inheritance. It is caused by HGD mutations, which leads to a deficiency in homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD) activity. To date, sev...
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