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Maple Syrup Urine Disease

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Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Postby fran008 » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:05 am

Can someone explain why both urine and sweat have a distinct maple syrup odour.Is it because of the leucine, isoleucine and valine content in blood dat is then excreated?
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