Alkaptonuria Symptoms and Causes

General: A defect, or mutation, in the gene causes alkaptonuria. The gene provides instructions for making an enzyme called homogentisic acid oxidase (HGAO). More than 80 different mutations associated with alkaptonuria have been identified in... read more

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