BACKGROUND Ochronosis,also known as alkaptonuria,is a rare autosomal recessive selfmetabolic disease arising from deficiency of homogentisate 1,2 dioxygenase enzyme.It affects several organs and muscoskeletal structur...
Supported by Talent Training Project of Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine,No.0103030908;Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the School of Biomedicine,Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Medicine,Basic Clinical Collaborative Innovation Project,No.YN2018HK04。
BACKGROUND Ochronotic arthropathy(OcA)is a rare disease,which is caused by the accumulation of homogentisic acid in the joint.Patients with OcA have obvious joint pain and the disease progresses rapidly,eventually res...
BPN is funded by the University of Liverpool,Royal Liverpool University Hospitals Trust and Agilent Technologies UK Ltd.ASD is funded through a National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Research Fellowship(No.HCS DRF-2014-05-009).
Alkaptonuria (AKU) is an inherited disorder of tyrosine metabolism caused by lack of active enzyme homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD). The primary consequence of HGD deficiency is increased circulating homogentisic a...
Alkaptonuria is a rare inherited tyrosine metabolism disorder, resulting in homogentisic acid deposition in the connective tissues. The condition is commonly referred to as ochronosis and manifests as skin pigmentatio...
Alkaptonuria (AKU) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by a triad of homogentisic aciduria, arthritis, and ochronosis, affecting only 2 5 in a million individuals. The managemen...
Extensive prostatic calculi in a young man should always elicit the suspicion of alkaptonuria.Although prostatic calculi are seen in chronic prostatitis,chronic pelvic pain syndrome and benign prostate hyperplasia,non...