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Phenylketonuria |
Classical Phenylketonuria; Deficiency Disease, Phenylalanine Hydroxylase; Folling Disease; Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency Disease |
Phenylketonuria [PKU] is a human genetic disorder (though it is possible to exist in mice), in which the body lacks phenylalanine hydroxylase, the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine. Left untreated, the disorder can cause brain damage and progressive mental retardation as a result of the accumulation of phenylalanine and its breakdown products. The incidence of occurrence of PKU is about 1 in 15,000 births, but the incidence varies widely in different human populations ...
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- Aspartame
... Over the past three decades, questions have been asked about the safety of the artificial sweetener aspartame, specifically, whether aspartame is a neurotoxin. A neurotoxin is a substance that adverse... - Hyperphenylalaninemia
... Hyperphenylalaninemia is a disorder characterized by increased amounts of the amino acid phenylalanine in the bloodstream. (Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.) Excess phenylalanine is to... - Phenylketonuria
... Phenylketonuria (commonly known as PKU) is an inherited disorder that increases the amount of the amino acid phenylalanine to harmful levels in the blood. (Amino acids are the building blocks of prote... - Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency
... Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) deficiency, also known as hyperphenylalaninemia caused by a defect in biopterin metabolism, is a rare inherited disorder that increases the amount of the amino acid phenylala...
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