Reversal of clinical symptoms and radiographic abnormalities with protein restriction and ascorbic acid in alkaptonuria

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-111

  Morava, Eva ^a,b   Kosztolányi, György ^a   Engelke, Udo F H ^b   Wevers, Ron A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ALKAPTONURIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KNEE; MOTH; NITROGEN BALANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; URINARY EXCRETION;

ALKAPTONURIA; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0037220635     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456303321016268     Document Type: Article

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