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Variant maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)--the entire spectrum.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2006
Simon E, Flaschker N, Schadewaldt P, Langenbeck U, Wendel U
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the rare inborn autosomal recessive disorder maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) the accumulation of the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and their metabolic products results in acute and chronic brain dysfunction. About 20% of the patients suffer from non-classic variant forms of MSUD of different clinical severity. AIM: Up to now variant cases have mostly been published as individual case reports;...
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