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The introduction of newborn screening for phenylketonuria

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Abbreviations

Phe :

phenylalanine

PKU :

phenylketonuria

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  1. Guthrie R, Susi A (1963) A simple phenylalanine method for detecting PKU in large populations of newborn infants. Pediatrics 32:338–343

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  1. Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    H. Bickel

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  1. R. Guthrie
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From “National PKU News” with permission of editor Virginia Schuett

Robert Guthrie died on 23rd June 1995

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Guthrie, R., Bickel, H. The introduction of newborn screening for phenylketonuria. Eur J Pediatr 155 (Suppl 1), S4–S5 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00014247

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