Science News Online (5/15/99): References for "What's That Smell?"

The Weekly Newsmagazine of Science

Volume 155, Number 20 (May 15, 1999)

References & Sources

Modern science puts its mark on a rare but ancient body-odor disease

A rare, underdiagnosed disease that can cause people to smell fishy or like garbage is triggered by defects in an enzyme that breaks down a chemical produced by gut bacteria.

References:

1999. International Workshop on Trimethylaminuria (Fish Malodor Syndrome and the Flavin Monooxygenase System). March. Bethesda, Md.

Sources:

John Cashman
Human BioMolecular Research Institute
5310 Eastgate Mall
San Diego, CA 92121

Paul V. Fennessey
University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center
Department of Pediatrics and Pharmacology
4200 East Ninth Avenue (C-232)
Denver, CO 80262

Ertan Mayatepek
University Children's Hospital
Department of General Pediatrics
Im Neuenheimer Feld 150
69120 Heidelberg
Germany

Harry W. McConnell
Towards Education for All with Multimedia (TEAM)
King's College Hospital, London
22 The Chase
Bromley, Kent BR1 3DF
United Kingdom

Stephen C. Mitchell
Imperial College School of Medicine
Department of Molecular Toxicology
Division of Biomedical Sciences
Sir Alexander Fleming Building
South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom

Robert L. Smith
Imperial College School of Medicine
Department of Molecular Toxicology
Division of Biomedical Sciences
Sir Alexander Fleming Building
South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom

Eileen Treacy
McGill University Health Center
Montreal Children's Hospital
Biochemical Genetics Unit
2300 Tupper, Room A-717
Montreal, Quebec H3H 1P3
Canada

David E. Williams
Oregon State University
Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Corvallis, OR 97331