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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 ...