Genotype and natural history in unrelated individual with phenylketonuria and autistic behavior Genótipo e história natural em indivíduos não aparentados com fenilcetonúria e comportamento autístico

We describe three unrelated individuals, two males (ages 35 and 9) and a female (age 8) presenting with late diagnosed phenylketonuria (PKU) and autistic behavior, all showing poor adhesion to the dietary treatment resulting in high plasmatic phenylalanine levels, particularly in the oldest subject....

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Main Authors: Carlos Eduardo Steiner, Angelina Xavier Acosta, Marilisa Mantovani Guerreiro, Antonia Paula Marques-de-Faria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2007-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000200003
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