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Although relatively rare, especially among the ambulatory population, breath odors may be a sign of a systemic condition or a metabolic disorder (Table 7.1). Usually, this symptom will appear in a later stage of the disease when the patient is already diagnosed. However, sometimes the breath odor may be an early sign or even the only sign for the underlying disorder or disease.
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Sterer, N., Rosenberg, M. (2011). Other Sources of Breath Odors. In: Breath Odors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19312-5_7
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