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Group work with adolescent PKU girls and their mothers

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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Group therapy was the method chosen for working with PKU girls and their mothers in improving their knowledge of maternal PKU and the prevention of unplanned pregnancies. It was found effective in relieving anxiety, and the importance of including the mothers in the group was critical.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics and Child Development Institute, Tel Aviv University, Israel

    B. E. Cohen & M. Normand

  2. Child Development Institute, Tel Aviv University, Israel

    R. Weiss & R. Hadar

  3. Department of Education, Tel Aviv University, Israel

    S. Shiloh

  4. Child Psychiatry Unit, Chaim Sheba Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel

    D. Elhanati

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Cohen, B.E., Weiss, R., Hadar, R. et al. Group work with adolescent PKU girls and their mothers. J Inherit Metab Dis 11, 199–206 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01799875

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