High frequency of tetrahydrobiopterin-responsiveness among hyperphenylalaninemias: A study of 1919 patients observed from 1988 to 2002

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 304-313

  Bernegger, Caroline ^a   Blau, Nenad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biopterin; Phenylalanine hydroxylase; Phenylketonuria; PKU

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; NEOPTERIN; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA; INFANT; LABORATORY; LOADING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPTERIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPTERIN; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE; PHENYLKETONURIAS;

EID: 0036928279     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7192(02)00171-3     Document Type: Article

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