منابع مشابه
Fish odour syndrome.
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متن کاملThe fish odour syndrome: biochemical, familial, and clinical aspects.
OBJECTIVES To study the biochemical, familial, and clinical features of the fish odour syndrome among subjects with suspected body malodour. DESIGN Subjects who responded to a newspaper article were screened for the fish odour syndrome by interview and biochemical tests. Families of subjects with the syndrome were tested if possible. SETTING St Mary's Hospital, London, and some interviews a...
متن کاملTrimethylaminuria ('fish-odour syndrome'): a study of an affected family.
1. Beginning with a single propositus, who had been previously diagnosed at the age of 10 as suffering from trimethylaminuria (fish-odour syndrome), both her parents and two sisters were investigated biochemically with respect to their ability to N-oxidize trimethylamine (TMA), both when derived from the diet and when administered exogenously. 2. Both the propositus and a second sister were mar...
متن کاملFish odour triggers conspecific attraction behaviour in an aquatic invertebrate.
Group living has evolved as an adaptation to predation in many animal species. In a multitude of vertebrates, the tendency to aggregate varies with the risk of predation, but experimental evidence for this is less well known in invertebrates. Here, we examine the tendency to aggregate in the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex in the absence and presence of predator fish odour. Without fish odou...
متن کاملTrimethylaminuria: the fish malodor syndrome.
The fish malodor syndrome (also known as the fish odor syndrome and trimethylaminuria) is a metabolic disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal amounts of the dietary-derived tertiary amine, trimethylamine, in the urine, sweat, expired air, and other bodily secretions. Trimethylamine itself has the powerful aroma of rotting fish, and this confers upon the sufferer a highly objectionabl...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.307.6905.639