What is the history of Maple syrup urine disease?

When was Maple syrup urine disease discovered? What is the story of this discovery? Was it coincidence or not?

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MSUD also known as Branched chain ketoaciduria was discovered in 1954 by Dr. John Menkes as the inability to metabolize the branched chain amino acids (BCAA's) which would then build up and cause toxicity.

https://www.msud-support.org/index.php/newsletter/13-volume-11-2/41-a-brief-history-of-maple-syrup-urine-disease-msud

Posted May 29, 2017 by Christine Cahill 2000

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MI BEBÉ TIENE MAPLE

Actualmente mi bebé tiene 4 meses, al mes de nacida fue diagnosticada con jarabe de maple, no presentaba ningún síntoma salvo el resultado del tamiz, se le hizo también el ampliado y una espectometria de masas las cuales fueron positivas, la ...

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3/31/16, 9:50 AM by Azucena

MY LITTLE PANCAKE

Oliver was fiagnosed at 2 weeks, currently doing great! here's our story: https://janybc.wordpress.com/2016/05/09/on-how-to-raise-my-son-olivers-msud-%E2%9D%A4%EF%B8%8F-2/

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3/12/16, 2:44 PM by Oliver

CLASSIC MSUD

Hi all my son has been diagnosed with Classic MSUD Now he is 4 years old and he is going fine with the restrict dietary and frequently amino acids test we are thinking about liver transplantation however our don's doctor didn't encourage us to do ...

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3/29/16, 8:32 PM by Mohamed

MORGAN MY SON

my son was born with this July of 2012

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6/3/16, 6:21 PM by Sonji

PAUL EDWARD RAWLEY

My son Paul was born on 5th December 1988 fit and healthy, or so we thought. On 16th December he was diagnosed with acute maple syrup urine disease. He spent the first 3 months of his life in our local children's hospital. The first 3 weeks were on t...

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5/28/17, 1:54 PM by Patsy88

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