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Summary Literature (0)
DOID:9269 - maple syrup urine disease


Disease Ontology Definition:An organic acidemia that is caused by a deficiency of decarboxylase leading to high concentrations of valine, leucine, isoleucine, and alloisoleucine in the blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid and characterized by an odor of maple syrup to the urine, vomiting, hypertonicity, severe mental retardation, seizures, and eventually death unless the condition is treated with dietary measures.

Synonyms: Ketoacidaemia, branched chain ketoaciduria, dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase deficiency,

Xenbase Genes : bckdhb, ppm1k, dbt, dld, bckdha

Mondo Disease Ontology (on Monarch Initiative):
MONDO:0009563 - maple syrup urine disease


Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): organic acidemia (is_a)