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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Medical Communications Sp. z o.o.
2018-03-01
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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 |