Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease is the journal of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and is truly international and multidisciplinary in scope. It publishes original work in the form of papers short reports and case reports covering all aspects of inherited metabolic disorderss in man and higher animals: clinical biochemical genetic experimental epidemiological and ethical. Reviews and short communications arising from the Society's annual symposium provide a comprehensive overview of the major growing-points in the subject.