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My child has smelly urine - questions

Authors: Peter Felix, Vijith Puthi, Mona Aslam

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 7/2012

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A healthy 14-year-old boy presented to the outpatient department with a 6-year history of foul, fishy-smelling urine and body odor. He was being bullied at school, and his relatives had also noted the odor. He had no other urinary symptoms. His bowel habits were normal. Fluid intake was in excess of 6 cups of fluid per day and micturition was regular. There was no history of enuresis. Apart from being colorblind and having a few areas of hypopigmented patches around his elbow, his clinical examination was unremarkable. …

Title: My child has smelly urine - questions
Authors: Peter Felix
Vijith Puthi
Mona Aslam
Publication date: 01-07-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 7/2012
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-011-2021-8

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