Screening programme for phenylketonuria in the Gaza Strip: Evaluation and recommendations

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-105

  Abu Shahla, Abdel Nasser K ^a   Abed, Yehia ^b   Abu Shahla, Nabegha K ^c  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b College of Public Health ^*  (Palestine)

^c Ministry of Health Palestine   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PHENYLALANINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PALESTINE; PHENYLKETONURIA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA;

CONSANGUINITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE EAST; MILK, HUMAN; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLKETONURIAS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 1842472211     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.2.101     Document Type: Article

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