PKU
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phenylketonuria.
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Phenylketonuria.(Article 313)
Magazine article from: Journal of Continuing Education Topics & Issues; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Strasinger & Lorenzo, 2001). Phenylketonuria (PKU) is the best known of the overflow...error of metabolism disorders include phenylketonuria, tyrosyluria, alkaptonuria, melaninuria...this paper focuses on the disease phenylketonuria (Phenylketonuria, 2005). [FIGURE...
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New phenylketonuria data have been reported by T. Scarabino and co-authors.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Genomics & Genetics Weekly; 7/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...tensor imaging) in patients with phenylketonuria. Thirty-two patients with the classical...clinical and biochemical deficits of phenylketonuria underwent biochemical (blood phenylalanine...suitable technique in the study of the phenylketonuria," wrote T. Scarabino and colleagues...
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Data on phenylketonuria reported by researchers at University of Groningen, Department of Pediatrics.(Survey)
Newspaper article from: Genomics & Genetics Weekly; 11/14/2008; 700+ words
; Fresh data on phenylketonuria are presented in the report...natural protein intake in Dutch phenylketonuria patients: insight into estimation...questionnaire was sent to 327 Dutch phenylketonuria patients (age 0-29 years...
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Reports on phenylketonuria findings from National Hospital provide new insights.
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly; 9/25/2008; 700+ words
; ...outcomes in the offspring of mothers with phenylketonuria during pregnancy: the importance...delay in the offspring of women with phenylketonuria (PKU) can be prevented by maintaining...colleagues, National Hospital (see also Phenylketonuria). The researchers concluded...
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Research on phenylketonuria discussed by scientists at Medical University of Innsbruck.(Clinical report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 2/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...Assessment scheme for mutation analysis in phenylketonuria." "Each year, three DNA samples...University of Innsbruck (see also Phenylketonuria). The researchers concluded...of diagnostic mutation analyses for phenylketonuria. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease...
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Researchers at University of Houston target phenylketonuria.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 5/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...being introduced in the US for treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU). This compound has been in use...www.newsrx.com/library/topics/Phenylketonuria.html >Phenylketonuria</a>). Tetrahydrobiopterin...
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Reports summarize phenylketonuria study results from S. Pangkanon and co-researchers.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 7/22/2009; 677 words
; ...the newborn screening program for phenylketonuria (PKU) in Thailand from 1996 to 2006...Pangkanon and colleagues (see also Phenylketonuria). The researchers concluded...Medicine and Public Health (DETECTION OF PHENYLKETONURIA BY THE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM IN...
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Recent findings in phenylketonuria described by researchers from Harvard University.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 5/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...to mandate state testing of newborns for phenylketonuria (PKU), a recessively inherited disorder...www.newsrx.com/library/topics/Phenylketonuria.html >Phenylketonuria</a>). They have also been...
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Reports outline phenylketonuria study findings from University of Groningen.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 4/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...the start of the European Society of Phenylketonuria and Allied Disorders Treated as Phenylketonuria (ESPKU) in 1987, an increasing number...Metabolic Disease report (see also Phenylketonuria). "A survey among professionals...
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Phenylketonuria
Magazine article from: International Journal of Childbirth Education; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a metabolic disorder...Resource Mothers Program for Maternal Phenylketonuria is a pilot program (St. James...resource mothers program for maternal phenylketonuria. American Journal of Public Health...
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phenylketonuria
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
phenylketonuria ( PKU ) (fee-nyl-kee-tŏn- yoor -iă...and leads to severe mental retardation. The gene responsible for phenylketonuria is recessive, so that a child is affected only if both parents...
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Phenylketonuria
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
Phenylketonuria Definition Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency in the production of the hepatic (liver) enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). Description PKU is the most serious form of a class of diseases...
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Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Phenylketonuria (PKU) Phenylketonuria (fen-il-kee-to-NU-ree-a) or PKU is an inherited metabolic disease in which the body cannot change one essential amino acid phenylalanine (fen-il-AL-a-neen), into another needed amino...
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Congenital Anomalies
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...Mendelian genetic disorders (e.g., phenylketonuria), chromosomal abnormalities (e...maternally transmitted autoantibodies, phenylketonuria), and pure bad luck or accident...diagnosis is critical. Examples include phenylketonuria and congenital hypothyroidism, both...
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Penicillins
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...they need to change their diet or the doses of their diabetes medicine. Phenylketonuria Some formulations of Augmentin contain phenylalanine. People with phenylketonuria (PKU) should consult a physician before taking this medicine. Side...
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