Dietary therapy in a case of phenylketonuria in India
| Autor: | Z. M. Patel, L. M. Ambani, R. T. Bajaj, Merchant Sm, B. S. Narasinga Rao |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Phenylketones business.industry Urinary system Phenylalanine Physiology India Infant Urine Irritability Consanguinity Endocrinology Internal medicine Phenylketonurias Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Ferric chloride test medicine Humans Dietary therapy medicine.symptom business Blond hair |
| Zdroj: | Indian journal of pediatrics. 48(391) |
| ISSN: | 0019-5456 |
| Popis: | A-20-month-old boy born to consanguineous parents was evaluated for marked delay in achievement of milestones, blond hair and irritability. Large amount of phenylketones in urine, and a plasma phenylalanine of 24 mg/dl led to the diagnosis of phenylketonuria. He was placed on a low phenylalanine diet formulated from locally available foods and the clinical and biochemical response was monitored with the aid of urinary ferric chloride test. On this deit he showed a mild clinical and biochemical improvement. |
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