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Phenylketonuria

A review and a report of the pathological findings in four cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

L. Crome
Affiliation:
Fountain Hospital, and the Bethlem Royal and the Maudsley Hospital London
C. M. B. Pare
Affiliation:
Fountain Hospital, and the Bethlem Royal and the Maudsley Hospital London

Extract

Phenylketonuria is an inborn error of metabolism characterized by excretion of phenylpyruvic acid in the urine and usually by severe mental defect and certain bodily features of which dilution of pigment is the most noticeable.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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