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[Mutation of the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene in the population of central Bohemia. Relation to the clinical picture of phenylketonuria].
Casopis lekaru ceskych - 7 May 1997
Růzicková S, Kozák L, Blazková M, Kapras J, St'astná S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive, disease, heterogeneous at the molecular level, caused by mutations in the gene of phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). The objective of the present work was to identify mutations and their frequency in the Central Bohemian and Prague population in relation to the clinical phenotype. METHODS AND RESULTS: The authors analyzed a group of 33 patients from 32...
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