Are tablets a practical source of protein substitute in phenylketonuria?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-329

  MacDonald, A ^a   Ferguson, C ^b   Rylance, G ^a   Morris, A A M ^b   Asplin, D ^a   Hall, S K ^a   Booth, I W ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOGRAN FOOD SUPPLEMENT; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TABLET FORMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BEVERAGES; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLKETONURIAS; TABLETS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0037383731     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.4.327     Document Type: Article

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