KROK 1 2014 – Question 70 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient with homogentisuria has signs of arthritis, ochronosis. In this case, the pain in the joints is associated with the deposition of:
- A. Carbonates
- B. Oxalates
- C. Phosphates
- D. Homogentisates
- E. Urates
Hint
Ask which compound piles up because of the block in tyrosine degradation behind this condition, and what it does to collagen-rich cartilage once it is oxidized.
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