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View Post: What is Phenylketonuria? - Health - Families.com
25 Sep 2009
If you read the labels on your foods... and you're a diet soda drinker (like I am), you may have noticed a little warning: PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE. I always figured it was some sort of food allergy, mainly because the ...
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View Post: Bellyaching and Benedictions: Phenylketonuria (PKU) - In the ...
28 Aug 2009 by Peeveme  
Phenylketonuria (PKU) - In the "Spoke Too Soon" Department. There's no easy way to say it...unless you use the acronym. Got the word that Bambina tested positive for PKU, a genetic disorder. People with PKU lack an enzyme to process a ...
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View Post: phenylketonuria
31 Aug 2009 by TaraSal  
phenylketonuria (pku) is a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to process part of a protein called phenylalanine (phe). if the phenylalanine level becomes too high, it can damage the brain and cause severe mental retardation. ...
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View Post: Sapropterin: A New Therapeutic Agent for Phenylketonuria -- Hegge ...
25 Aug 2009 by Hegge, K. A, Horning, K. K, Peitz, G. J, Hegge, K.  
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the role of pharmacotherapy in the management of phenylketonuria (PKU) and to review the pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, efficacy data, and safety profile of sapropterin for this indication. ...
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View Post: Stop Dieting Start Living » Blog Archive » What is Phenylketonuria ...
11 hours ago
What is Phenylketonuria? - 24 Medica. What is Phenylketonuria?24 MedicaTreatment consists of limiting phenylalanine in the diet. Some healthcare providers are willing to relax the diet after several years of life. ...
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View Post: phenylketonuria
17 Sep 2009 by Sam  
children and young adults with phenylketonuria can apparently ingest small amounts of aspartame without any ill effects said researchers from pennsylvania state university's milton s. hershey medical center. five pku patients and six ...
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View Post: phenylketonuria
17 Sep 2009 by sheryl  
phenylketonuria (pku) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by a deficiency in the hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (pah). :541 this enzyme is necessary to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine ('phe') to ...
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View Post: drug therapy for phenylketonuria reverses heart damage
30 Aug 2009 by ralaones  
the common denominator in both phenylketonuria (pku) and cardiac hypertrophy is the chemical tetrahydrobiopterin (bh4). in pku, this enzyme coworker helps break down the molecule phenylalanine whose buildup is toxic to the brain. ...
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