TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Methionine Malabsorption Syndrome A1 - Bissonnette, Bruno A1 - Luginbuehl, Igor A1 - Marciniak, Bruno A1 - Dalens, Bernard J. PY - 2006 T2 - Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications AB - An inherited disease caused by malabsorption of methionine and secondary malabsorption of other amino acids. The unabsorbed methionine is converted to α-hydroxybutyric acid by intestinal bacteria. Urine has characteristic smell of dried malt. Clinical characteristics include mental retardation, seizures, white hair, diarrhea, and episodes of generalized edema. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58076023 ER -