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Maple syrup urine disease 1954 to 1993

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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The clinical, molecular genetic and other biochemical aspects of branched-chain α-ketoacid dehydrogenase defects are reviewed.

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Peinemann, F., Danner, D.J. Maple syrup urine disease 1954 to 1993. J Inherit Metab Dis 17, 3–15 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00735389

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