Phenylketonuria with a Study of the Effect upon it of Glutamic Acid

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Abstract
An account of the clinical and biochemical features of phenylketonuria is given and 5 cases are descr.; 2 were only 18 mos. of age. Contrary to expectation, no alteration in blood phenylalanine occurred after admn. of glutamic acid, though the total amt. of phenylalanine and its breakdown products excreted in the urine increased in all except 1. No increase in intelligence was found after continued admn. of glutamic acid in the 2 patients treated.