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Hyperphenylalaninaemia presumably due to carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency: Loading tests with pterin derivatives

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  1. Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Pediatrics, University of Zurich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032, Zurich, Switzerland

    N. Blau, L. Kierat & H. -Ch. Curtius

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente, Fontana, California, USA

    M. Blaskovics

  3. Division of Medical Genetics, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA

    T. Giudici

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Blau, N., Kierat, L., Curtius, H.C. et al. Hyperphenylalaninaemia presumably due to carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency: Loading tests with pterin derivatives. J Inherit Metab Dis 15, 409–412 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02435990

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