© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jozef Rovenský, Tibor Urbánek, Boldišová Oľga and James A. Gallagher (eds.)Alkaptonuria and Ochronosis10.1007/978-3-319-15108-3_6 6. Detection of Homogentisic Acid in Plasma and Urine Mária Stančíková1 and Jozef Rovenský1, 2 (1) National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jozef Rovenský, Tibor Urbánek, Boldišová Oľga and James A. Gallagher (eds.)Alkaptonuria and Ochronosis10.1007/978-3-319-15108-3_1 1. Introduction Jozef Rovenský1, 2
(1) 2nd Clinic of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic The very interesting topic of alkaptonuria including metabolism of proteins and particularly of aromatic amino acids has…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jozef Rovenský, Tibor Urbánek, Boldišová Oľga and James A. Gallagher (eds.)Alkaptonuria and Ochronosis10.1007/978-3-319-15108-3_5 5. Tyrosine Metabolism Disorders Jozef Rovenský1, 2 and Mária Stančíková1 (1) National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Piešťany, Slovakia (2) Institute of…
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