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The Physiognomic, Psychometric, Behavioral and Neurological Aspects of Phenylketonuria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Frederick Edward Kratter*
Affiliation:
Letchworth Village, Thiells, N. Y., U.S.A.

Extract

Phenylketonuria is an inborn metabolic disorder affecting the body's ability to hydroxylate phenylalanine to tyrosine.

Its incidence in the general population has been estimated at 0.004 per cent. and its institutional frequency at approximately 0.2 to 0.9 per cent.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1959 

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