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BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia in Russia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Gundorova Polina, Kuznetcova Irina A, Baydakova Galina V, Stepanova Anna A, Itkis Yulia S, Kakaulina Victoria S, Alferova Irina P, Lyazina Lidya V, Andreeva Lilya P, Kanivets Ilya, Zakharova Ekaterina Y, Kutsev Sergey I, Polyakov Aleksander V
Abstract excerpt
A timely detection of patients with tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) -deficient types of hyperphenylalaninemia (HPABH4) is important for assignment of correct therapy, allowing to avoid complications. Often HPABH4 patients receive the same therapy as phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) -deficiency (phenylketonuria) patients-dietary treatment-and do not receive substitutive BH4 therapy until the diagnosis is confirmed by...
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