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A mother with classical phenylketonuria was treated from the ninth week of pregnancy with a tyrosine augmented, low phenylalanine diet. Assessment of the infant up to the age of twelve months suggests normal development, although further follow up is planned.
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Davidson, D.C., Isherwood, D.M., Ireland, J.T. et al. Outcome of pregnancy in a phenylketonuric mother after low phenylalanine diet introduced from the ninth week of pregnancy. Eur J Pediatr 137, 45–48 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441169
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