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Preferred term

Phenylketonuria, Maternal  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A condition occurring in untreated or partially treated females with PHENYLKETONURIA when they become pregnant. This may result in damages to the FETUS, including MICROCEPHALY; MENTAL RETARDATION; congenital heart disease; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; and CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES. (From Am J Med Genet 1997 Mar 3;69(1):89-95)

Synonym(s)

  • Maternal Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency Disease
  • Maternal Phenylketonuria
  • Phenylalanine-Hydroxylase Deficiency Disease, Maternal
  • PKU, Maternal
  • Pregnancy in Phenylketonuria

In other languages

  • French

  • Déficit maternel en phénylalanine hydroxylase
  • Grossesse et phénylcétonurie
  • Hyperphénylalaninémie maternelle
  • PCU maternelle
  • Phénylcétonurie et grossesse

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WZDXZHLC-Q

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