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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Brain Diseases, Metabolic > Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn > Phenylketonurias
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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn > Phenylketonurias
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn > Phenylketonurias
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Phenylketonurias
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Phenylketonurias

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Phenylketonurias  

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  • A group of autosomal recessive disorders marked by a deficiency of the hepatic enzyme PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE or less frequently by reduced activity of DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE (i.e., atypical phenylketonuria). Classical phenylketonuria is caused by a severe deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase and presents in infancy with developmental delay; SEIZURES; skin HYPOPIGMENTATION; ECZEMA; and demyelination in the central nervous system. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p952).

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  • Phenylketonuria

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