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IN phenylketonuria the tissues are unable to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine, resulting in abnormally high levels of phenylalanine in body fluids, together with a number of disorders of tyrosine metabolism1,2.
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NEAME, K. Phenylalanine as Inhibitor of Transport of Amino-Acids in Brain. Nature 192, 173–174 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192173a0
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