Incidence of Neonatal Hyperphenylalaninemia in Fars Province, South Iran

OBJECTIVE: Phenylalanine hydroxylase or its cofactor, tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4)), deficiency causes accumulation of phenylalanine in body fluids and central nervous system. Considering the fact that hyperphenylalaninemia is a preventable cause of mental retardation in infants, the objective of this...

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Autores principales: Karamifar, Hamdollah, Ordoei, Mahtab, Karamizadeh, Zohreh, Amirhakimi, Gholam Hossein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056707

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