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What is alkaptonuria?

What is alkaptonuria? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
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O'Brien WM, La Du BN, Bunim JJ Biochemical, pathologic and clinical aspects of alkaptonuria, ochronosis and ochronotic arthropathy.
Garrod to map a metabolic disease, alkaptonuria, to a Mendelian pattern of inheritance.
Robert Gregory, 63, from Childwall, has a debilitating condition called Alkaptonuria which is known as Black Bone Disease because it makes sufferers bone go black and brittle.
The diagnosis of alkaptonuria was confirmed by the presence of markedly elevated homogentisic acid levels.
The patient is a 66-year-old, white woman with a known history of alkaptonuria.
Robert Gregory, 59, has suffered from Alkaptonuria, often known as Black Bone Disease, since birth.

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