Maple+Syrup+Urine+Disease-Nick+Hughes

**Inheritance: **It is passed down through families. **Punnett Square: ** **﻿ **  **Pedigree Chart: ** **Symptoms: **Avoiding Food, Coma, Feeding Difficulties, Lethargy, Seizures, Urine that smells like maple syrup, Vomiting. **Diagnosis: **It is passed down through families. All babies are screened for MSUD within 24 hours after birth. A blood sample is taken from the babies heel and it is analyzed for leucine levels. **Treatment: **By a diet and the amino acids. **Interesting Facts: ** Its an extremely rare disorder, only 1 in 180,000 is born with this disease, most Amish people are diagnose with this disease, 
 * Description: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">It is a pee disorder. It’s a metabolism disorder passed down through families, which means the body cannot break down certain parts of proteins. The urine can smell like maple syrup.
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 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Sources: **__<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times','serif'; line-height: 115%;">http:learn.gentics.utah.edu/units/disorders/whataregd/ __
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