Ochronotic arthropathy - Disappearance of alkaptonuria after liver transplantation for hepatitis B-related cirrhosis
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2005
Yazarlar: Gonca KARABULUT, AC Kobak, G Oder, N Kobak, M Argin, V Inal
JCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2005, cilt 11, ss 323-325
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000191157.25894.55
Özet
The deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase, an enzyme that is mainly found in hepatocytes, is associated with alkaptonuria and ochronosis. We report a patient with clinical and radiologic findings of ochronotic arthropathy in whom alkaptonuria disappeared and the progressive course of the disease stopped after liver transplantation for hepatitis B-related cirrhosis.