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- Title
Commentary.
- Authors
Holzer, Lukas A.
- Abstract
The author discusses a study by A. Q. Rana, U. Saeed, and I. Abdullah regarding a patient with alkaptonuria and ochronotic arthropathy of the shoulders who underwent a bilateral total shoulder joint arthroplasty. Topics include the link between alkaptonuria and homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase in the liver, using Nitisinone to treat alkaptonuria, and reducing homogentisic acid in plasma and urine.
- Subjects
ALKAPTONURIA; JOINT diseases; SHOULDER disorders; ARTHROPLASTY; DIOXYGENASES; PATIENTS
- Publication
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 2015, Vol 6, Issue 2, p260
- ISSN
0976-3147
- Publication type
Opinion