What we know that could influence future treatment of phenylketonuria.

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Phenylketonuria (PKU), a Mendelian autosomal recessive phenotype (OMIM 261600), is an inborn error of metabolism that can result in impaired postnatal cognitive development. The phenotypic outcome is multifactorial in origin, based both in nature, the mutations in the gene encoding the L-phenylalanine hydroxylase enzyme, and nurture, the nutritional experience introducing L-phenylalanine into the diet. The PKU...

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