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An Overnight Weekend Model for Maternal PKU Education and Support
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1998Abstract A high percentage of young women with phenylketonuria (PKU) become pregnant prior to initiating dietary treatment which lowers blood phenylalanine levels to a safe range or have difficulty maintaining blood phenylalanine levels in the treatment range once pregnant.
L. Gleason, H. Vespa, D. Sullivan
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A Case of Maternal PKU Syndrome Despite Intensive Patient Counseling
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2009We report on a 21-year-old woman with classic phenylketonuria, who presented at our outpatient clinic at week 14 of pregnancy. Despite intensive preconceptional counselling about the risk of raised Phenylalanine (Phe) levels for the offspring and nutritional consultations about the necessity to be on a Phe-restricted diet she had elevated blood Phe ...
Susette, Unger +3 more
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Research Design, Organization, and Sample Characteristics of the Maternal PKU Collaborative Study
Pediatrics, 2003Objective. The Maternal PKU Collaborative Study (MPKUCS) was initiated in 1984 by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The purpose was to assess the efficacy of dietary restriction of phenylalanine in reducing morbidity in offspring of women with hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA).
Richard, Koch +9 more
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Maternal phenylketonuria: Cause for concern among women with PKU
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1987The literature on maternal phenylketonuria (MPKU) is reviewed in terms of its identification, description, and treatment. A number of professionals have projected a rebound in the frequency of mental retardation associated with PKU since the discovery of MPKU.
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Maternal PKU Collaborative Study: Pregnancy outcome and postnatal head growth
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 1994Pregnant women who have phenylketonuria (PKU; McKusick 261600) are at risk of having children with microcephaly, cardiac defects and mental retardation (Dent 1957; Mabry et al 1963; Lenke and Levy 1980). The results of a 7-year longitudinal, prospective, observational investigation on maternal PKU in the United States and Canada are reported.
R, Matalon +7 more
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Outcomes of pregnancy in maternal phenylketonuria (PKU): the north-east experience
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 2011Background Neonatal screening and early intervention for phenylketonuria (PKU) now results in normal development into adulthood for most patients. High maternal phenylalanine levels can be devastating for offspring with reports of 70% risk of microcephaly and 15% congenital heart defects in those with phenylalanine ...
A Jovanovic +4 more
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Prevention of maternal PKU – Dietetic management of pregnant PKU women with P-AM maternal
Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin, 2005E Kiss +5 more
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Genetic Counselors’ role in maternal PKU: Patient and Genetic Counselor perspectives
2011Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which causes toxic build up of phenylalanine, leading to microcephaly, seizures, severe intellectual disability and behavioral problems in untreated individuals. Maternal PKU results in the risk to have offspring with microcephaly, congenital heart defects, cognitive disability and low birth ...
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