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The results ofin vivo determinations of phenylalanine-hydroxylating capacity using deuterated phenylalanine loads are compared with phenylalanine hydroxylase activity in liver biopsy samples and the results of oral protein challenge.
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Trefz, F.K., Bartholomé, K., Bickel, H. et al. In Vivo residual activities of the phenylalanine hydroxylating system in phenylketonuria and variants. J Inherit Metab Dis 4, 101–102 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02263611
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