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Maternal phenylketonuria: A metabolic teratogen
1 Mar 1996
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The maternal phenylketonuria (PKU) syndrome refers to the teratogenic effects of PKU during pregnancy. These effects include mental retardation, microcephaly, congenital heart disease, and intrauterine growth retardation. In untreated pregnancies wherein the mother has classic PKU with a blood phenylalanine level > or = 1,200 microM (20 mg/dl), the frequencies of these abnormalities in offspring are exceedingly...
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