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Alkaptonuria detected by neuroblastoma screening system

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Abbreviations

HPLC:

high performance liquid chromatography

RT:

retention time

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

    N. Sakura & Y. Kato

  2. Hiroshima City Clinical Research Centre, Senda-machi, 3-8-6, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

    M. Hamakawa

  3. Department of Paediatrics, Gifu University School of Medicine, Tsukasa-cho, 40, Gifu, Japan

    S. Yamaguchi

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Sakura, N., Kato, Y., Hamakawa, M. et al. Alkaptonuria detected by neuroblastoma screening system. Eur J Pediatr 151, 388–389 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02113266

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