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Global prevalence of classic phenylketonuria based on Neonatal Screening Program Data: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, 2020 Phenylketonuria is a disease caused by congenital defects in phenylalanine metabolism that leads to irreversible nerve cell damage. However, its detection in the early days of life can reduce its severity.
Hamid Reza Shoraka +4 more
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Evaluation of primary health care nurses’ knowledge and neonatal screening performance for phenylketonuria in Alexandria [PDF]
BMC NursingIntroduction Nurses play a crucial role in the primary prevention of phenylketonuria (PKU) within national screening programs for newborns. This is achieved through consult with the child’s provider promptly to arrange a PKU test, accurate collection of ...
Esraa Mohammed Abd El-Samie Ismail +3 more
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Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2020 Objective: To verify the occurrence of overweight in children and adolescents with phenylketonuria and to identify possible causal factors. Data sources: A systematic review was performed in the SciELO, PubMed and VHL databases using the descriptors ...
Berilany dos Santos Sena +4 more
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Phenylketonuria Diet Promotes Shifts in Firmicutes Populations
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019 Low-phenylalanine diet, the mainstay of treatment for phenylketonuria (PKU), has been shown to increase glycemic index and glycemic load, affecting the availability of substrates for microbial fermentation.
Giulia Bassanini +9 more
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Living with Phenylketonuria: Lessons from the PKU community
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 2018 Introduction: We report the practical, social and psychological issues of living with phenylketonuria (PKU) from one of the largest surveys that has been completed by both adults with PKU and parents/caregivers of children.
Suzanne Ford +2 more
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Genetic etiology and clinical challenges of phenylketonuria
Human Genomics, 2022 This review discusses the epidemiology, pathophysiology, genetic etiology, and management of phenylketonuria (PKU). PKU, an autosomal recessive disease, is an inborn error of phenylalanine (Phe) metabolism caused by pathogenic variants in the ...
N. Elhawary +11 more
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Children, 2021 In a small preliminary study, phenylketonuria and poor metabolic control were suggested as risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection in children as detected with an antigen stool test.
Marek Walkowiak +9 more
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Nature Communications, 2021 In phenylketonuria (PKU) patients, a genetic defect in the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) leads to elevated systemic phenylalanine (Phe), which can result in severe neurological impairment.
K. Adolfsen +15 more
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Nature Communications, 2021 Engineered bacteria (synthetic biotics) represent a new class of therapeutics that leverage the tools of synthetic biology. Translational testing strategies are required to predict synthetic biotic function in the human body.
Tyler Nelson +9 more
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Long‐term cognitive and psychosocial outcomes in adults with phenylketonuria
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 2021 Previous studies have suggested that cognitive and psychosocial underfunctioning in early‐treated adults with phenylketonuria (PKU) may be explained by suboptimal adherence to dietary treatments, however, these studies often employ small samples, with ...
Lynne Aitkenhead +12 more
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