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Clinic access is key for pregnant women with PKU. (CDC Study).
Lack of access to metabolic clinics and rigid dietary restrictions were obstacles to maintaining safe blood phenylalanine levels in women with phenylketonuria who became pregnant, study results suggest.
Women with PKU must be especially vigilant about their diets while pregnant to avoid mental retardation and microcephaly in their babies and to increase their chances of delivering a healthy infant.
The survey, which was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, included 24 women with PKU who were pregnant between 1998 and 2000. A total of 23 women had not been on a restricted diet for an average of 16 years, but 22 had returned to it before or during pregnancy Of the 22 medical ...
- Counsel Patients to Follow Strict PKU Diet for Life.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News MOON, MARY ANN December 1, 2000 700+ words
...said. * Blood phenylalanine levels in children with PKU should be monitored...to high maternal phenylalanine levels, particularly...Women with PKU who become pregnant should have blood phenylalanine levels monitored at least...
- Strict Metabolic Control Advised for PKU Patients.
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News MOON, MARY ANN December 1, 2000 700+ words
...all women with PKU should aim for...achieving blood phenylalanine levels below 6 mg/ dL...found to have PKU must start no...suggests that high phenylalanine levels during just the...Miami. * Blood phenylalanine levels in children who are found to have PKU should ...
- Restricted Diet Essential for Maternal PKU Patients.
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News DONOHUE, MAUREEN February 15, 2000 700+ words
...the potential offspring of PKU mothers," said Dr. Williams...risk for having children with PKU. Dietary control should be...addition, if a pregnant woman's phenylalanine levels are normalized by 8 weeks of...the offspring of women with PKU have a substantially increased...
- CHILDBIRTH WARNING REPEATED WOMEN WITH PKU SOUGHT.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) April 16, 1987 700+ words
...The entry of the normal PKU women into the population does not mean PKU will spread exponentially...expose her infant to the high phenylalanine levels, which cause the child to...professionals now advise people with PKU to continue the special diet...
- BioMarin Announces Positive Results from Clinical Study of 6R-BH4 in PKU...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 20, 2004 700+ words
...Demonstrates Substantial Reduction in Phenylalanine Levels in PKU Patients Orphan Drug Designation...patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). 6R-BH4 is the active agent...therapeutic for the treatment of PKU. The company also announced that...
- BioMarin Initiates Clinical Program in PKU.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 23, 2004 700+ words
...identify the population of PKU patients that will most likely...towards improving patient care in PKU, a relatively common genetic...to reduce high, neurotoxic phenylalanine levels, thereby addressing the underlying...acute and chronic symptoms of PKU. Such a pharmacologic approach...
- BIOMARIN PUSHES PHENOPTIN INTO PIVOTAL PROGRAM IN PKU.
- Magazine article from: BIOWORLD Today Boggs, Jennifer April 8, 2005 700+ words
...is expected to enroll about 100 PKU patients who demonstrated a reduction in blood Phe, or phenylalanine, levels in BioMarin's Phase II trial...reduce blood phenylalanine levels in PKU patients, which will help them...
- Clinical program in PKU initiated.
- Newspaper article from: Mental Health Weekly Digest March 22, 2004 700+ words
...identify the population of PKU patients that will most likely...towards improving patient care in PKU, a relatively common genetic...to reduce high, neurotoxic phenylalanine levels, thereby addressing the underlying...acute and chronic symptoms of PKU. Such a pharmacologic approach...
Source: HighBeam Research, Clinic access is key for pregnant women with PKU. (CDC Study).