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Alkaptonuria with extensive ochronotic degeneration of the Achilles tendon and its surgical treatment: a case report and literature review
BACKGROUND: Alkaptonuria is a rare genetic metabolic disorder due to deficiency of homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD), an enzyme catalyzing the conversion of homogentisate to 4-maleylacetoacetate in the pathway for the catabolism of phenylalanine and tyrosine. HGD deficiency results in accumulation...
Autores principales: | Mwafi, Nesrin, Alasmar, Ali, Al-Momani, Monther, Alazaydeh, Sattam, Alajoulin, Omar, Alsalem, Mohammad, Kalbouneh, Heba |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10388780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37551372 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/abm-2021-0016 |
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