Comparison of phenylketonuric and nonphenylketonuric sibs from untreated pregnancies in a mother with phenylketonuria
- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Medical Genetics
- Vol. 44 (4) , 439-442
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.1320440411
Abstract
Two children, one with phenylketonuria (PKU) and the other nonphenylketonuric, from untreated pregnancies in a mother with PKU provided the opportunity to compare the degree of damage from maternal PKU between these genotypically different fetuses. Both the phenylketonuric offspring and her nonphenylketonuric sib were microcephalic at birth and had congenital anomalies, esophageal atresia in the former and congenital dislocation of the hip in the latter. However, the phenylketonuric child also had intrauterine growth retardation while the non‐phenylketonuric sib had normal weight and length at birth. Both children are mentally retarded with an IQ below 50 in the phenylketonuric child despite early dietary treatment for PKU and an IQ of 54 in the non‐phenylketonuric sib. Both children also have hypoplasia of the corpus callosum and enlarged cerebral ventricles. This experience and review of the literature indicates that the residual liver phenylalanine hydroxylase activity of a nonphenylketonuric fetus offers little or no protection from damage in untreated maternal PKU. Consequently, the outcome in maternal PKU is likely to depend on control of the maternal biochemical abnormalities in the mother regardless of whether the fetus has or does not have PKU. © Wiley‐Liss, Inc.Keywords
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