Maple Syrup Urine Disease

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An inherited metabolic disorder characterized by a distinctive sweet odor of urine and sweat.
Maple Syrup Urine Disease Menu (forum) Discussion forum hosted by the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurology. Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) Family Support Group Site offers information, articles, resources, and a newsletter. MSUD (Germany) Koensgen family in Germany wants to establish a multilingual site; contact information given in a dozen languages. NORD: Maple Syrup Urine Disease Brief definition from the National Organization for Rare Disorders.

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