Primary trimethylaminuria (fish odor syndrome) and hypothyroidism in an adolescent.

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Primary trimethylaminuria (fish-odor syndrome) is a rare autosomal recessive inherited metabolic disorder due to decreased metabolism of trimethylamine by enzyme flavin-containing monooxygenase 3. We report an adolescent boy who was socially distressed with malodor and diagnosed trimethylaminuria by molecular analyses. The patient was previously found to have primary hypothyroidism at another center when he was...

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