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What Is Alkaptonuria? The Rare Disease That Turns Your Pee Black – Here’s Why
Alkaptonuria is a rare genetic disorder that causes black urine due to homogentisic acid buildup, leading to joint pain, ...
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Rare disease awareness: Alkaptonuria
RA: What is Alkaptonuria and how does it affect patients? OT: Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare genetic disease that causes early-onset, severe osteoarthritis. It was discovered more than 100 years ago ...
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alkaptonuria / black urine disease
A single-gene disorder identified by Archibald Garrod that is characterized by dark urine. Garrod first coined the term "inborn error in metabolism" to describe this ...
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What is alkaptonuria? The rare disease that turns your pee black
Alkaptonuria, also known as "black urine disease" Affected populations: The exact prevalence of alkaptonuria worldwide is unknown. However, estimates suggest that the disease affects between 1 in 250, ...
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alkaptonuria / black urine disease
A single-gene disorder identified by Archibald Garrod that is characterized by dark urine. Garrod first coined the term "inborn error in metabolism" to describe this ...
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What is alkaptonuria? The rare disease that turns your pee black
Symptoms: One of the earliest signs that someone has alkaptonuria is dark stains in their diapers as babies, because the homogentisic acid in their urine turns black upon exposure to air.