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  1. Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    PKU is caused by a change in the gene that helps create an enzyme needed to break down phenylalanine. Treatment includes a special diet and medication.

  2. Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    PKU is caused by a change in the gene that helps create an enzyme needed to break down phenylalanine. Treatment includes a special diet and medication.

  3. Phenylalanine in diet soda: Is it harmful? - Mayo Clinic

    In people with PKU , phenylalanine can cause intellectual disability, brain damage, seizures, and skin and other problems. Intellectual disability is slow ...

  4. Pegvaliase-pqpz (subcutaneous route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Pegvaliase-pqpz injection is used to lower phenylalanine levels in the blood in adults with phenylketonuria (PKU), who have uncontrolled blood phenylalanine ...

  5. Search Results - Mayo Clinic

    PKU is caused by a change in the gene that helps create an enzyme needed to break down phenylalanine. Treatment includes a special diet and medication.

  6. Sapropterin (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Description. Sapropterin is used to lower phenylalanine levels in the blood of patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). High levels of phenylalanine (an amino ...

  7. Sepiapterin (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Sepiapterin is used to lower blood levels of phenylalanine (Phe) in patients with sepiapterin-responsive phenylketonuria (PKU). This medicine is used along ...

  8. Inherited metabolic disorders - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Phenylketonuria (PKU). Porphyria. Tay-Sachs disease. Wilson's disease. When to see a doctor. If you have concerns about your child's growth and development ...

  9. Diseases and Conditions that Start with P - Mayo Clinic

    PKU. See. Phenylketonuria (PKU). Back to top. Pl. Placenta accreta · Placenta previa · Placental abruption · Plague · Plantar fasciitis. Plantar neuroma. See.

  10. Genetic testing - Mayo Clinic

    For example, newborn screening can suggest the presence of sickle cell anemia and phenylketonuria, also called PKU. Preimplantation testing. Also called ...