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Phenylketonuria epidemiology and demographics
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
The incidence of PKU is about 1 in 15,000 births, but the incidence varies widely in different human populations from 1 in 4,500 births among the population of Ireland[1] to fewer than one in 100,000 births among the population of Finland.[2]
Gender
Race
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
References
References
- ↑ DiLella, A. G., Kwok, S. C. M., Ledley, F. D., Marvit, J., Woo, S. L. C. (1986). “Molecular structure and polymorphic map of the human phenylalanine hydroxylase gene”. Biochemistry. 25: 743–749. PMID 3008810.
- ↑ Guldberg, P., Henriksen, K. F., Sipila, I., Guttler, F., de la Chapelle, A. (1995). “Phenylketonuria in a low incidence population: molecular characterization of mutations in Finland”. J. Med. Genet. 32: 976–978. PMID 8825928.
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