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A Chromatographic Study of the Amino Acids in Urine and C.S.F. From Mentally Deficient Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Eric McKay
Affiliation:
Royal Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children
Hazel Thom
Affiliation:
Child Health Department, Aberdeen University

Extract

As a result of new methods of biochemical investigation an increasing although yet small number of cases of mental deficiency can be shown to be caused by congenital metabolic abnormalities. In 1958 Wright et al., reviewed and classified anomalies of this nature and since than a new syndrome has been described by Allan et al. (1958) and a syndrome closely related to, if not identical with, Maple Syrup Urine Disease by Smith and Strang (1958).

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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1961 

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