Untreated phenylketonuria (PKU), one of the most common human genetic disorders, usually results in mental retardation. Although a protein-restricted artificial diet can prevent retardation, dietary ...

Purpose: The teratogenic effects of maternal PKU are preventable, yet affected babies continue to be born. This study's purpose was to identify barriers to successful dietary control among pregnant ...

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare genetic disorder that occurs when a baby inherits two mutated copies of the PAH gene from each parent. If not identified and treated properly, it can cause lifelong ...

Maternal phenylketonuria has been recognized with increasing frequency since the report of Mabry et al. in a previous issue of the Journal 1 focused attention on this entity. Elsewhere in this issue ...

Millie Foster also has PKU and attended Emory Metabolic Camp as a teenager. Today she's a dietitian and spends part of her summer as a counselor at the camp. She's thinking about starting a family and ...

In my seventh month of pregnancy, like many mothers I'm looking forward to the moment when I can finally eat some of the foods I've missed. I've not only had no sushi, no blue cheese, reduced caffeine ...

To the Editor: I wish to commend Dr. Stahlman for her article in the February 9 issue of the Journal on prognosis in hyaline-membrane disease, and the editors on the wise and deliberative editorial ...