The birth prevalence of PKU in populations of European, South Asian and Sub-Saharan African ancestry living in South East England

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Hardelid, P ^a   Cortina borja, M ^a   Munro, A ^b   Jones, H ^c   Cleary, M ^b   Champion, M P ^c   Foo, Y ^b   Scriver, C R ^d   Dezateux, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Phenylketonuria; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PHENYLKETONURIA; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHENYLKETONURIAS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 37849036749     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2007.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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