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Presentation of 14 alkaptonuria patients from Turkey.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 25 Feb 2020
Akbaba Alper Ilker, Ozgül Rıza Köksal, Dursun Ali
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Background Alkaptonuria (OMIM: 203500) is an inborn error of metabolism due to homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase homogentisic acid 1,2 dioxygenase (HGD) enzyme deficiency. Due to the enzyme deficiency, homogentisic acid cannot be converted to maleylacetoacetate and it accumulates in body fluids. Increased homogentisic acid is converted to benzoquinones, the resulting benzoquinones are converted to melanin-like...
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