Metabolic Control in Patients With Phenylketonuria Pre- and Post-Sapropterin Loading Test

Abstract In Portugal, tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-responsive patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) are identified using a loading test (LT). Phenylalanine/natural protein (Phe/NP) intake is increased to elevate blood Phe prior to the LT. In a longitudinal retrospective study, the impact of Phe/NP titrat...

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Main Author: Barbosa,Catarina Sousa (author)
Other Authors: Almeida,Manuela F. (author), Sousa,Cátia (author), Rocha,Sara (author), Guimas,Arlindo (author), Ribeiro,Rosa (author), Martins,Esmeralda (author), Bandeira,Anabela (author), Oliveira,Bruno M. P. M. (author), Borges,Nuno (author), MacDonald,Anita (author), Rocha,Júlio C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
phenylketonuria
BH4 loading test
metabolic control
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2326-45942018000100307
Country:Brazil
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