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Prolactin, a marker for cerebral dopamine deficiency in patients suffering from phenylketonuria (PKU)?

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    J. Denecke

  2. Department of Gynecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    W. Schlegel

  3. Department of Pediatrics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    H. G. Koch, R. Feldmann, E. Harms & J. Weglage

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Denecke, J., Schlegel, W., Koch, H.G. et al. Prolactin, a marker for cerebral dopamine deficiency in patients suffering from phenylketonuria (PKU)?. J Inherit Metab Dis 23, 849–851 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026725122142

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