Alimoradi, Sima

GP. Medical Faculty, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

[ 1 ] - Comparison of IQ scores between children with phenylketonuria and healthy children referring to Besat Hospital in Sanandaj between 2017 and 2018

Background and Aim: Phenylketonuria is a genetic and congenital metabolic disorder with autosomal recessive transmission. In this disease phenylalanine is not converted to tyrosine due to lack of  phenylalanine hydroxylase enzyme which results in increased phenylalanine level in the blood and brain. The aim of this study was to compare IQ scores between the children with phenylketonuria and he...