Phenylketonuria | |
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Classification and external resources | |
ICD-10 | E70.0 |
ICD-9 | 270.1 |
OMIM | 261600 261630 |
DiseasesDB | 9987 |
MedlinePlus | 001166 |
eMedicine | ped/1787 derm/712 |
MeSH | D010661 |
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a genetic disorder (a disease a person is born with) where a person's body cannot break down an amino acid called phenylalanine. Amino acids are necessary to make proteins, an important part of the human body. Phenylalanine only comes from the food we eat; our bodies do not make any by themselves.
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