Cargando…

A patient survey on the impact of alkaptonuria symptoms as perceived by the patients and their experiences of receiving diagnosis and care

BACKGROUND: Alkaptonuria (AKU) is an ultrarare and multifaceted disease characterized by the absence of functional homogentisate 1,2‐dioxygenase activity, the enzyme responsible for breakdown of homogentisic acid—a tyrosine‐degradation product. The presymptomatic phase of the disease makes diagnosis...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rudebeck, Mattias, Scott, Ciarán, Sireau, Nicolas, Ranganath, Lakshminarayan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7203644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32395411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmd2.12101