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Effect of genotype on changes in intelligence quotient after dietary relaxation in phenylketonuria and hyperphenylalaninaemia.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Mar 2000
Greeves L G, Patterson C C, Carson D J, Thom R, Wolfenden M C, Zschocke J, Graham C A, Nevin N C, Trimble E R
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BACKGROUND: Associations between genotype and intellectual outcome in patients with phenylketonuria are complicated because intelligence is influenced by many variables, including environmental factors and other genetic determinants. Intellectual changes with age, both on and after relaxation of diet, vary within the patient population. This study aims to determine whether a significant association exists between...
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