'Pseudohypouricosuria' in alcaptonuria: Homogentisic acid interference in the measurement of urinary uric acid with the uricase-peroxidase reaction

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 501-503

  Moriwaki, Yuji ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Nasako, Yumiko ^a   Ohata, Hiroyuki ^a   Takahashi, Sumio ^a   Tsutsumi, Zenta ^a   Yamakita, Jun Ichi ^a   Higashino, Kazuya ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL N ETHYL N (BETA HYDROXYETHYL)ANILINE; 4 AMINOPHENAZONE; HOMOGENTISIC ACID; PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE OXIDASE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALKAPTONURIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0032798186     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329903600414     Document Type: Article

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