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Inherited metabolic disease in companion animals: searching for nature's mistakes.
Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) - 1 Sept 2007
Sewell Adrian C, Haskins Mark E, Giger Urs
Abstract excerpt
Inborn errors of metabolism are caused by genetic defects in intermediary metabolic pathways. Although long considered to be the domain of human paediatric medicine, they are also recognised with increasing frequency in companion animals. The diagnosis of diseased animals can be achieved by searching for abnormal metabolites in body fluids, although such screening programmes have, until now, not been widely...
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