Phenylalanine levels in PKU following minor surgery.
Serum phenylalanine values were measured in 10 PKU patients who had minor operations. No individual value exceeded 17 mg/dl and the interpolated mean did not exceed 10 mg/dl on any postoperative day. These data confirm the consensus that minor surgery does not cause major and long-lived perturbations of serum phenylalanine levels in PKU and requires no special dietary measures.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013511:Minor Surgical Procedures; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000097:blood*; D010661:Phenylketonurias / Q000097:blood* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
D011506:Proteins; D010649:Phenylalanine