Infants are tested for PKU when they are first born. Brain damage occurs within days of birth, if PKU is not diagnosed and treated. Phenylketonuria is not found in adults, only newborn infants.
You will have had a blood test that would have diagnosed that shortly after your birth. If you want to test that, go eat a couple packs of Equal sweetener...if you get deathly ill, you probably have PKU.
Yes, it can causes severe developmental disorders, like mental retardation. If a child is diagnosed with PKU, they MUST remain on a special diet for lifetime to avoid problems.
If Todd has PKU, he would be homozygous for the gene associated with PKU, meaning he has two copies of the faulty gene. This would result in the expression of the PKU disorder.
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First case of PKU was reported in Munster Germany in 1964.
PKU is a genetic disorder that, when untreated, is characterized by mental ... but, in a person with PKU, this enzyme is defective.
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You can induce serious symptoms of PKU, esp behaviour and other mental problems.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is inherited when both parents are carriers of the gene. Since it is a recessive gene, there is a 25% chance that any baby conceived by two people carrying the PKU gene will have PKU.
People with PKU are highly prone to development of diabetes.