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    Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn error of metabolism that results in decreased metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine. Untreated PKU can lead to...
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    is biosynthesized via the shikimate pathway. The genetic disorder phenylketonuria (PKU) is the inability to metabolize phenylalanine because of a lack...
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    malaria. Such disorders include cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, phenylketonuria and thalassaemia. Hereditary defects in enzymes are generally inherited...
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    development. Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD) Phenylketonuria, a disorder where an error in amino acid metabolism can impair brain...
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  • The European Society for Phenylketonuria and Allied Disorders Treated as Phenylketonuria (E.S.PKU) is a Europe-based non-profit organization. It was founded...
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  • be screened for phenylketonuria and hypothyroidism, among other congenital disorders. Hypothesis: "The newborns have phenylketonuria and hypothyroidism"...
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    Europe. It has been suggested that carriers of alleles associated with phenylketonuria may have been protected from spontaneous abortion caused by ochratoxin...
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    synthase (PTPS) deficiency. Also, BH4*2HCL is FDA approved for use in phenylketonuria (PKU), along with dietary measures. However, most people with PKU have...
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  • n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid values in patients with phenylketonuria: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Nutrition Research. 33 (7):...
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  • difference is not found in low fat consuming group (<35% of energy intake). Phenylketonuria, otherwise known as PKU, is an uncommon autosomal recessive metabolic...
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    hexosaminidase. One example of enzyme deficiency is the most common type of phenylketonuria. Many different single amino acid mutations in the enzyme phenylalanine...
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  • mutation, while the other is a rare or even novel one. Phenylketonuria. Because phenylketonuria was the first genetic disorder for which mass post-natal...
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    role in effects of the human genetic disease phenylketonuria. The mutation that causes phenylketonuria disrupts the ability of the body to break down...
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    mutations in its encoding gene, PAH, can lead to the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria. The reaction is thought to proceed through the following steps: formation...
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  • diet is used as a therapy for inherited metabolic disorders, such as phenylketonuria and homocystinuria, and can also be used to treat kidney or liver disease...
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  • Two examples are diabetes mellitus (a multifactorial disorder) and phenylketonuria (an inborn error of metabolism). Many such inherited diseases may directly...
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  • first described the disease commonly known as Følling's disease or phenylketonuria (PKU). He was born on 23 August 1888 at Kvam, Steinkjer in Trøndelag...
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    although in some people, malnutrition may occur. Individuals with phenylketonuria (PKU) must keep their intake of phenylalanine – an essential amino...
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  • was a pioneer in developing nutritional therapy for management of phenylketonuria. Acosta was born at Shoal Creek Community. She obtained a B.A. from...
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    decreased glutamate release is observed under conditions of classical phenylketonuria leading to developmental disruption of glutamate receptor expression...
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  • is a symptom of several diseases, including Lesch–Nyhan syndrome, phenylketonuria, and Huntington disease and can be a feature of kernicterus (rapidly...
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    lysosomal storage disorders, metabolic acidosis, peroxisomal disorders, phenylketonuria, and urea cycle disorders. Cytogenetics is the study of chromosomes...
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    (depending on factors such as age and gender). An example of pleiotropy is phenylketonuria, an inherited disorder that affects the level of phenylalanine, an...
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    Other Radiation exposure to mother Maternal malnutrition Maternal phenylketonuria Poorly controlled gestational diabetes Hyperthermia Maternal hypothyroidism...
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  • education level required) among the top five Google search results for "phenylketonuria", excluding Wikipedia. Healthline Media was founded in 1999 by endocrine...
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  • understanding of major biochemical genetic disorders such as homocystinuria, phenylketonuria (PKU), and maternal PKU. Levy has published over 400 papers on biochemical...
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    the early detection (via neonatal screening) and the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU). Woolf was born in London, England, on 24 April 1919. He was...
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    birth prevalence of one in 2,415 in metropolitan France, ahead of phenylketonuria (one in 10,862), congenital hypothyroidism (one in 3,132), congenital...
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    phenylalanine (2.6–4.1 g/100 g), which should be avoided by people who have phenylketonuria, a rare genetic disorder that prevents the body from metabolizing phenylalanine...
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    colestyramine to reduce possible interference with absorption. Patients with phenylketonuria should consult with a physician before taking Questran Light because...
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