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Some inborn errors of metabolism at a local institute for mentally retarded patients
Author(s) -
Reinecke C. J.,
Mienie L. J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1007/bf02263619
Subject(s) - mentally retarded , incidence (geometry) , inborn error of metabolism , medicine , pediatrics , human genetics , metabolic disease , phenylketonurias , psychiatry , endocrinology , psychology , genetics , biology , developmental psychology , phenylalanine , physics , gene , amino acid , optics
A survey of mentally retarded patients in an institution in the Republic of South Africa has shown a low incidence of phenylketonuria and the presence of two cases of histidinaemia.