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Undiagnosed phenylketonuria in parents of phenylketonuric patients, is it worthwhile to be checked?
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jan 2013
Wiedemann A, Leheup B, Battaglia-Hsu S-F, Jonveaux P, Jeannesson E, Feillet F
Abstract excerpt
In our phenylketonuria (PKU) cohort of 120 patients, we uncovered a couple of cases of undiagnosed mild phenylketonuria (mPKU)/hyperphenylalaninemia (mHPA) in maternal parents of the PKU cohort. This finding prompted us to evaluate the risk of either mild phenylketonuria or mild hyperphenylalaninemia in the parent population whose children were diagnosed with hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA). Taking into account the...
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