Guanosine Triphosphate Cyclohydrolase I Deficiency: A Rare Cause of Hyperphenylalaninemia

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-237

  Coşkun, Turgay ^a   Karagöz, Tevfik ^a   Kalkanoǧlu, Serap ^a   Tokatli, Ayşegul ^a   Özalp, Imran ^a   Thöny, Beat ^b   Blau, Nenad ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biopterin; Guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I deficiency; Hyperphenylalaninemia; Neonatal screening; Neopterin; Neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOPTERIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; PHENYLALANINE; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENYLKETONURIA; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; URINE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOPTERIN; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLKETONURIAS; PTERIDINES;

EID: 0033107594     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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