Article
Genotype and intellectual phenotype in untreated phenylketonuria patients.
Pediatric research - 1 Apr 1999
Ramus S J, Forrest S M, Pitt D D, Cotton R G
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have shown that genotype correlates with biochemical phenotype in treated phenylketonuria. If there is a strong correlation between genotype and intellectual phenotype of untreated patients, it would be possible to determine which individuals would have normal intelligence without treatment. In this study, 42 families with untreated phenylketonuria were analyzed to examine whether there was an...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Dinucleotide Repeats
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Intellectual Disability
- Intelligence
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Phenylalanine
- Phenylalanine Hydroxylase
- Phenylketonurias
- Point Mutation
- Sequence Deletion
- Victoria
- White People
