Genotype and natural history in unrelated individuals with phenylketonuria and autistic behavior

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 2 A, 2007, Pages 202-205

  Steiner, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Acosta, Angelina Xavier ^b   Guerreiro, Marilisa Mantovani ^a   Marques de Faria, Antonia Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autism; Natural history; Pervasive developmental disorders; Phenylalanine hydroxilase; Phenylketonuria

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAIR; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PHENYLKETONURIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 34347366337     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000200003     Document Type: Article

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