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Some inborn errors of metabolism at a local institute for mentally retarded patients

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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A survey of mentally retarded patients in an institution in the Republic of South Africa has shown a low incidence of phenylketonuria and the presence of two cases of histidinaemia.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2520, Potchefstroom, Republic of South Africa

    C. J. Reinecke & L. J. Mienie

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Reinecke, C.J., Mienie, L.J. Some inborn errors of metabolism at a local institute for mentally retarded patients. J Inherit Metab Dis 4, 119–120 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02263619

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