Article: Women with PKU should follow special diet before and during pregnancy.(phenylketonuria)(Brief Article)

Article: Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Complete Human Diseases and Conditions;      700+ words ... ... connected with mental retardation. Thus, he discovered PKU, which he concluded ... urine and sweat) mental retardation How is PKU Diagnosed? Almost ... with untreated PKU, however, have severe mental retardation and are unable ...

Phenylketonuria (PKU).(Pediatric Advisor 2006)(Disease/Disorder ...
Clinical Reference Systems;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... growth * vomiting. A child with PKU may be irritable, restless, and destructive. Untreated PKU leads to brain damage and mental retardation within the first few months ... Older children with untreated PKU may also develop behavioral ...

Phenylketonuria (PKU).(Pediatric Advisor 2007)(Disease/Disorder ...
Clinical Reference Systems;  May 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... growth * vomiting. A child with PKU may be irritable, restless, and destructive. Untreated PKU leads to brain damage and mental retardation within the first few months ... Older children with untreated PKU may also develop behavioral ...

Phenylketonuria (PKU).(Pediatric Advisor)(Disease/Disorder ...
Clinical Reference Systems;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... growth * vomiting. A child with PKU may be irritable, restless, and destructive. Untreated PKU leads to brain damage and mental retardation within the first few months ... Older children with untreated PKU may also develop behavioral ...

Article: Restricted Diet Essential for Maternal PKU Patients.
Family Practice News;  February 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... successful prevention of mental retardation through screening and ... with phenylketonuria (PKU) has produced a generation ... offspring of women with PKU have a substantially ... including a 92% risk for mental retardation, a 73% risk for microcephaly ... The good news is that PKU in ...

Article: DR. ROBERT GUTHRIE; DEVELOPED PKU TEST.(CAPITAL REGION)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  June 27, 1995 ;     678 words ... ... with phenylketonuria, or PKU, in 1958. John Guthrie had non-PKU mental retardation. He died in February at ... newborn is found to have PKU, a carefully restricted diet can prevent mental retardation. The sooner the condition ...

Article: BioMarin Initiates Clinical Program in PKU.
PR Newswire;  February 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... of phenylketonuria (PKU), originally projected ... at the end of March. PKU, an enzyme deficiency disorder that can cause mental retardation and brain damage, affects ... complications, including severe mental retardation and brain damage, mental ... 1970s, virtually all PKU ...