Neonatal encephalopathy with a pungent body odour

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Walker, V ^a   Mills, G A ^c   Fortune, P M ^b   Wheeler, R ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of ChUd Health ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body odour; Encephalopathy; Gut bacteria; Methanethiol

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NEWBORN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031411533     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.77.1.F65     Document Type: Article

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