Molecular basis of phenotypic heterogeneity in phenylketonuria

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 324, Issue 18, 1991, Pages 1232-1238

  Okano, Yoshiyuki ^a   Eisensmith, Randy C ^a   Dasovich, Mary ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Woo, Savio L c ^a   Güttler, Flemming ^b   Henriksen, Karen ^b   Lou, Hans ^b   Lichter Konecki, Uta ^c   Konecki, David S ^c   Trefz, Friedrich K ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; DENMARK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GERMANY; HUMAN; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE; PHENYLKETONURIAS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025855241     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199105023241802     Document Type: Article

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