The impact of phenylketonuria on folate metabolism

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 305-312

  Lucock, Mark ^a,b   Yates, Zoe ^a,b   Hall, Kate ^a,b   Leeming, Robert ^a,b   Rylance, George ^a,b   MacDonald, Anita ^a,b   Green, Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopterin; Folate; Homocysteine; Phenylketonuria

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; GLUTAMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COENZYME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLATE METABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA; METHYLATION; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPTERIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COENZYMES; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLKETONURIAS;

EID: 0036387176     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7192(02)00113-0     Document Type: Article

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