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New Parents' Guide to PKU.
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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
(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 ...
A Teacher's Guide to PKU
(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 ...
A Babysitters' Guide to PKU.
(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 ...
MEDLINE Plus, la Enciclopedia Médica en Español, le ofrece un excelente artículo sobre la Fenilcetonuria.
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Fenilcetonuria:
Es una rara afección en la cual un bebé nace sin la capacidad para descomponer apropiadamente un aminoácido llamado fenilalanina.