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Phenylketonuria: The Diet Basics

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  1. Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics and Graduate Programs in Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR, 97239-3098, USA

    Sandy van Calcar PhD, RDN, LDN

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  1. Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA

    Laurie E. Bernstein

  2. Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Fran Rohr

  3. Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado Denver, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA

    Joanna R. Helm

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van Calcar, S. (2015). Phenylketonuria: The Diet Basics. In: Bernstein, L., Rohr, F., Helm, J. (eds) Nutrition Management of Inherited Metabolic Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14621-8_10

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