Methionine malabsorption syndrome

Methionine malabsorption syndrome, also known as oasthousedisease, Smith and Strang (1958) first reported that metabolic defects are dysfunction of methionine transfer in the intestine, and can also affect other amino acid metabolisms that often start in infancy and retard mental development , The whole body of hair is thin and light, accompanied by seizures, rapid fever, and seizures, and there may be a state of systemic straightening spasm. The special odor chromatography of dried celery or boiled sugar in the urine revealed a large amount of γ-hydroxybutyric acid and a variety of amino acids in the feces. Treatment is mainly dietary therapy that limits methionine intake.

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