Phenylketonuria epidemiology and demographics: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
YazanDaaboul (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
YazanDaaboul (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | |||
The [[incidence (epidemiology)|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<ref>{{cite journal | author=DiLella, A. G., Kwok, S. C. M., Ledley, F. D., Marvit, J., Woo, S. L. C. | year=1986 | title=Molecular structure and polymorphic map of the human phenylalanine hydroxylase gene | journal=Biochemistry | volume=25 | pages=743-749 | id=PMID 3008810}}</ref> to fewer than one in 100,000 births among the population of Finland.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Guldberg, P., Henriksen, K. F., Sipila, I., Guttler, F., de la Chapelle, A. | year=1995 | title=Phenylketonuria in a low incidence population: molecular characterization of mutations in Finland | journal=J. Med. Genet | volume=32 | pages=976-978 | id=PMID 8825928}}</ref> | |||
===Gender=== | |||
===Race=== | |||
===Developed Countries=== | |||
===Developing Countries=== | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 14:41, 19 May 2015
Phenylketonuria Microchapters |
Diagnosis |
---|
Treatment |
Case Studies |
Phenylketonuria On the Web |
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Phenylketonuria |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
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
- ↑ 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.