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Phenylketonuria
About Phenylketonuria
Untreated, brain-damaging levels of an amino acid build up. Folling traced it after a mother noticed an odd smell in her children. Newborn blood spot screening from the 1960s was pioneered for PKU. A special low-protein diet started early in life allows normal development.
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