Impact Of Dietary Adherance On L-phe Levels Among Pku Chi...
Asfour, Akram
With newborn screening being widely used for PKU, infants are diagnosed early and symptoms are prevented with early, life-long treatment. When PKU is untreated, however, blood phe levels can become elevated, a high level of blood phe is toxic to the brain, the following symptoms can occur when untreated or treated too late: mental retardation, seizures, and eczema / skin rash, behavioral or social problems, tremors or jerking movements in the ...