Difficulties in maintaining diet in patients with phenylketonuria

Phenylketonuria is the most common inborn error of amino acid metabolism. The defect is due to mutations in genes encoding enzymatic proteins, which result in deficient or impaired activity of phenylalanine hydroxylase, an enzyme responsible for converting phenylalanine into tyrosine. The therapy...

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Main Authors: Kamila Morawska, Ewa Starostecka, Leokadia Bąk-Romaniszyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Communications Sp. z o.o. 2018-03-01
Series:Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna
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Online Access:http://www.pimr.pl/index.php/issues/2018-vol-14-no-1/difficulties-in-maintaining-diet-in-patients-with-phenylketonuria?aid=1161