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Patient with phenylketonuria

You see a kid with all the characteristics of phenylketonuria, but phen. hydoxylase is normal, explain what happend?

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04-02-2007, 09:07 PM

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Maybe lack of tyrosine in diet? or lack of DHB?

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04-05-2007, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Niacin_05

Maybe lack of tyrosine in diet? or lack of DHB?

What is DHB?

I was thinking it was deficiency of BH4 (cofactor for Phen. hydrolase)

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