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SINCE the demonstration of the primary enzymatic defect in phenylketonuria (PKU) several models have been suggested for this metabolic disorder. No hypothesis, however, has unified the biochemical and clinical characteristics2.
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BOWDEN, J., MCARTHUR, C. Possible Biochemical Model for Phenylketonuria. Nature 235, 230 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/235230a0
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