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2012 MSUD Symposium

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Thank you all for making the 2012 Family Support Symposium a success!




Below is a list presentations you may view from this year's symposium:

Phenylbutyrate for the treatment of MSUD (pdf)
Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Novel treatment strategies in maple syrup urine disease (pdf)
William Zinnanti, MD, PhD

Evidence-Based Guidelines for Nutritional Management of MSUD (pdf)
Dianne M. Frazier, PhD, MPH, RD, Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Genetics and Metabolism
University of North Carolina

A Zebrafish Model of MSUD (pdf)
Gerald B. Downes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology Department
University of Massachusetts, Amherst



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Updates To Nutrition Management Guidelines

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Emory Metabolic Camp 2018 Announcement

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From The Chairman’s Desk

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MSUD Advocacy Report

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