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PKU: Short for phenylketonuria. See: Phenylketonuria.
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Phenylketonuria - inherited metabolic disorder caused by the absence of a specific enzyme (phenylalanine hydroxylase). The absence of this enzyme, a recessive trait, prevents the body from making use of phenylalanine,...
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PKU is a genetic disorder with a recessive inheritance pattern. If both parents are carriers (they have the gene, but not the disease), each baby has a 25 percent chance of inheriting the disease, a 50 percent chance of being a carrier, ...
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PKU occurs in about one out of 16,000 live births in the United States, but is more prevalent in caucasians and less prevalent in Ashkenazi Jews and African Americans. Newborns in the United States are routinely screened for PKU by a blood test.
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PKU affects about one in 11,000 people. Classic PKU and several less common variants are all inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. The PKU gene is found on chromosome 12.
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A PKU test is conducted a day or two after your baby's birth. In the test, a nurse or lab technician collects a few drops of blood from your baby's heel or the crook of your baby's arm using a needle or lancet.
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Women with PKU who are off the special PKU diet should restart back it, ideally prior to conception. During pregnancy they must be on the diet and have their blood phe levels carefully monitored.
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phenylketonuria (PKU) - PKU is an inherited disease in which the body cannot metabolize a protein called phenylalanine. It is estimated that one baby in 10,000 to 25,000 is born with PKU in the United States.
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Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare hereditary condition in which the amino acid phenylalanine is not properly metabolized. PKU can cause severe mental retardation if not treated.
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phenylketonuria (PKU)
A rare inherited disorder. Causes an inability to metabolize phenylalanine, an amino acid that's a common part of many proteins that form tissues in the body. Left untreated, it causes severe mental retardation in infants.
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Phenylketonuria (PKU)An enzyme deficiency present at birth that disrupts metabolism and causes brain damage. This rare inherited defect may be linked to the development of autism.
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This is for people that have a rare genetic order called phenylketonuria, also known as PKU. All babies are tested for this shortly after birth. People with PKU cannot break down phenylalanine in the body, which can be toxic.
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phenylketonuria (PKU) -- can rarely cause seizures in infants
other metabolic diseases, such as inborn error of metabolism
use of cocaine, amphetamines, alcohol or certain other recreational drugs
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The incidence of congenital hearing loss in newborns is higher than that for most other diseases, such as PKU (which occurs in about one in every 10,000 births), ...
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The exception is for those very rare people who are born with a condition called phenylketonuria (PKU). These people cannot metabolize foods that contain large amounts of phenylalanine, one of the ingredients in aspartame.
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of blood will be taken from his or her heel, placed on a special test paper, and sent to the Michigan Department of Public Health Laboratory. This one sample will be used to test for phenylketonuria (FEN-il-KE-to-NU-re-ah) which is also called PKU, ...
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