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Significance of genotype in tetrahydrobiopterin-responsive phenylketonuria.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Feb 2009
Trefz F K, Scheible D, Götz H, Frauendienst-Egger G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The value of genotyping to identify tetrahydrobiopterin-responsive (BH(4)-responsive) patients with phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency is a matter of debate. METHODS: We reviewed 250 cases of patients with PAH deficiency, using published data from 198 cases and unpublished data from 52 cases of patients attending our own clinic. Patients underwent analyses for BH(4) load and genetic mutations....
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