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Maple Syrup Urine Disease Complicated with Kyphoscoliosis and Myelopathy.
Pediatrics and neonatology - 1 Oct 2016
Hou Jia-Woei
Abstract excerpt
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is an autosomal recessive aminoacidopathy secondary to an enzyme defect in the catabolic pathway of the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs: leucine, isoleucine, and valine). Accumulation of their corresponding keto-acids leads to encephalopathy if not treated in time. A newborn male patient was suspected to have MSUD after tandem mass study when he presented symptoms and signs...
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