Vitiligo, alkaptonuria, and nitisinone—A report of three families and review of the literature

Abstract Four patients, from three families, with alkaptonuria receiving 4‐hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase‐inhibiting nitisinone therapy, which lowers homogentisic acid and increases tyrosine, developed vitiligo. Three of the four patients were receiving nitisinone 2 mg daily, while the fourth was...

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Main Authors: Lakshminarayan Ranganath, Milad Khedr, Leanne A. Evans, Helen Bygott, Emily Luangrath, Elizabeth West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-09-01
Series:JIMD Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jmd2.12225