Incidence of Phenylketonuria in Southern Iran

AbstractBackground: Phenylketonuria is a hereditary, autosomal recessivedisorder caused by deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylaseor its cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin. The purpose ofthe present study was to evaluate the incidence of this disorderin southern Iran.Methods: All the neonates born between...

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Main Authors: Asadollah Habib, Mohammad Hossein Fallahzadeh, Hamid Reza Kazeroni, Amir Hossein Ganjkarimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2010-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/files/PDFfiles/35_2_08-Dr.%20Habib.pdf