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

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 105 , Issue 439 , April 1959 , pp. 421 - 427
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1959 

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