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View Post: Merck Serono Launches New Website on Phenylketonuria
24 Nov 2009 by Merck Serono SA  
GENEVA, November 25 - Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced today the launch of a website dedicated to phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare inborn metabolic disorder. Developed in collaboration with healthcare ...
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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.  
Routine screening for PKU is recommended at birth, with appropriate dietary interventions implemented promptly for individuals with this rare genetic disorder. Evidence supports maintaining target blood phenylalanine concentrations as soon after diagnosis .... The metabolic and molecular bases of inherited disease. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001:1667-724. Paine RS. The variability in manifestations of untreated patients with phenylketonuria (phenylpyruvic aciduria). ...
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View Post: Metabolic Disorders: An Overview
HIC DIGESTIVE HEALTH CARE ...
8 Oct 2009 by Ronlad Uy   ...
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View Post: Genetic Testing 101
25 Nov 2009
Scientists identified the genetic mutation that causes Huntington disease, a progressive and fatal brain disorder, in 1993. In recent years, companies began marketing tests for mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that indicate an ... Genetic tests for newborns can determine if they need immediate intervention for a preventable or treatable condition such as phenylketonuria, a metabolic glitch that, if left unaddressed, would result in mental retardation or other ...
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View Post: Irish Press Releases - Irish Press Releases » Enzolve Technologies ...
23 Apr 2009
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited metabolic disorder that results in severe mental retardation if treatment is not started within the first few weeks of life. If the disorder is detected early, and with a well-maintained appropriate ...
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View Post: Metabolic Disease Awareness Week: PKU
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29 Jun 2008 by Sarah H   ...
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View Post: genome.gov
Learning About Phenylketonuria
27 Mar 2007 ...
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View Post: research reveals new options for people with phenylketonuria
8 Jul 2009 by gavitruly  
the first gmp human feeding trial was published in february in the journal of inherited metabolic disorders. in it, ney and her team describe the experience of an individual with pku who volunteered to consume an all-gmp diet for 10 ...
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View Post: Newborn Hearing Screening, 신생아청각검사.
5 Nov 2009 by 참조은보청기  
The occurrence of hearing loss has been estimated to be more than twice that of other screenable newborn disorders combined (see Table 3 below). Table 3. Prevalence of Metabolic Disorders Screened at Birth in Texas* ...
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View Post: Phenylketonuria, Hypothyroidism and Other Metabolic/Genetic Defects
16 Jan 2008
(2) Failure to have a child tested for the genetic/metabolic disorders is a Class C misdemeanor. Reporting of hearing screening is not to be construed as mandatory testing, therefore, failure to have a child ...
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