oasthouse urine disease

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• oasthouse urine disease — methionine malabsorption syndrome …   Medical dictionary

• Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …   Medical dictionary

• methionine malabsorption syndrome — an autosomal recessive disorder of methionine absorption in which the urine has a characteristic odor resembling that of the interior of an oasthouse (room where tobacco, hops, and malt are dried). It is due to alpha hydroxybutyric acid formed by …   Medical dictionary

• ferric chloride test — ferric chloride in acidic solution is added to a urine specimen; many substances are oxidized giving colored products. Positive reactions are given by melanin, acetoacetic acid, bilirubin, phenothiazines, salicylates, and the keto acids present… …   Medical dictionary

• iminoglycinuria — ▪ pathology       inborn impairment of the transport system of the kidney tubules, which normally reabsorb the amino acids glycine, proline, and hydroxyproline. In young children in whom this transport system fails to develop, high urinary levels …   Universalium