The advantage of phenylalanine to tyrosine ratio for the early detection of phenylketonuria

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-181

  Levy, Paul A ^a   Miller, James B ^b   Shapira, Emmanuel ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Newborn screening; Phenylalanine; Phenylketonuria; PKU

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLKETONURIAS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032559574     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)00191-5     Document Type: Article

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