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    • A Babysitters' Guide to PKU. 

      M. Trahms, Cristine; Cox, Carla; Luce, Pamela; Strom, Teresa; Owen, Greg (Universidad de Belgrano - Documentos CEEGMD - Centro para el estudio de enfermedades genéticas, metabólicas y discapacidades. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas -, 1987)
      You are babysitting a child and there is a special restriction. The child has PKU and you have never before heard of that. PKU, stands for "phenylketonuria" This child's body cannot use protein foods which contain ...

    • A Teacher's Guide to PKU 

      Kaufman, Mimi; Nardella, Maria (Universidad de Belgrano - Documentos CEEGMD - Centro para el estudio de enfermedades genéticas, metabólicas y discapacidades. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, 1985)
      Phenylketonuria (or PKU) is an inherited disorder of protein metabolism. Children with PKU do not have a functioning enzyme to metabolize or break down amino acid call phenylalanine (PHE for short), which is found in ...

    • MEDLINE Plus, la Enciclopedia Médica en Español, le ofrece un excelente artículo sobre la Fenilcetonuria. 

      MEDLINE Plus (Universidad de Belgrano - Documentos CEEGMD - Centro para el estudio de enfermedades genéticas, metabólicas y discapacidades. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, )
      Fenilcetonuria: Es una rara afección en la cual un bebé nace sin la capacidad para descomponer apropiadamente un aminoácido llamado fenilalanina.

    • New Parents' Guide to PKU. 

      Trahms, Cristine M.; Luce, Pamela; Strom, Teresa; Owen, Greg (Universidad de Belgrano - Documentos CEEGMD - Centro para el estudio de enfermedades genéticas, metabólicas y discapacidades. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, )
      The purpose of this booklet is to help to familiarize you, as new parents of a child with phenylketonuria (called PKU), with PKU and its treatment. It will also help to orient you to the PKU clinic and the people there ...

    • Phenylketonuria (PKU): Screening and Management 

      Patrias, Karen; de la Cruz, Felix F. (Universidad de Belgrano - Documentos CEEGMD - Centro para el estudio de enfermedades genéticas, metabólicas y discapacidades. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, 2000)
      INTRODUCTION Phenylketonuria or PKU is a rare, inherited metabolic disorder that, if untreated, causes mental retardation. Approximately one of every 10,000 infants in the United States is born with PKU, which usually ...