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Compound heterozygosity for missense mutations in the flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FM03) gene in patients with fish-odour syndrome.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Dec 2000
Dolphin C T, Janmohamed A, Smith R L, Shephard E A, Phillips I R
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Fish-odour syndrome is a highly unpleasant disorder of hepatic trimethylamine (TMA) metabolism characterized by a body odour reminiscent of rotting fish, due to excessive excretion of the malodorous free amine. Although fish-odour syndrome may exhibit as sequelae with other conditions (e.g. liver dysfunction), many patients exhibit an inherited, more persistent form of the disease. Ordinarily, dietary-derived TMA...
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