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The aim of this chapter is to overview the case reports of patients with alkaptonuria and ochronosis which were collected over the past 60 years. All patients presented in the case reports underwent detailed clinical and joint examination. The following auxiliary examinations were performed in all patients, while most of them were repeatedly checked:

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Urbánek, T., Rovenský, J., Žlnay, M., Žlnay, D., Krátka, M. (2015). Case Reports. In: Rovenský, J., Urbánek, T., Oľga, B., Gallagher, J. (eds) Alkaptonuria and Ochronosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15108-3_27

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