Urinary homogentisic acid in alkaptonuric and healthy children

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-359

  Oláh, Anna V ^a   Ilyés, István ^a   Szoke, Attila ^b   Csízy, István ^a   Tóth, Judit ^a   Varga, József ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alkaptonuria; Homogentisic acid; Reference range

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HOMOGENTISIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKAPTONURIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FOLLOW UP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALKAPTONURIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COLORIMETRY; CREATININE; HOMOGENTISIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

CYANEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS;

EID: 0037256881     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.056     Document Type: Article

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