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Ochronosis, (Alkaptonuria)

Ochronosis, (Alkaptonuria)
Rare recessive metabolic disease with missing homogentisic acid oxidase with deposit of pigmented metabolic byproducts in sclera, cornea and conjunctiva and elsewhere in the body.
Wollensak, Josef, Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Berlin, Germany
E70.2
Systemic Diseases -> Metabolic Diseases -> Protein Metabolism -> Amino-acid Disturbances -> Primary -> Ochronosis
sclera; conjunctiva; congenital metabolic disease
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