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Breastfeeding in phenylketonuria
Author(s) -
Motzfeldt K,
Lilje R,
Nylander G
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1999.tb01151.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , norwegian , head circumference , pediatrics , phenylalanine , growth chart , birth weight , pregnancy , amino acid , philosophy , linguistics , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , genetics
Eighty‐three infants with classical phenylketonuria have been born in Norway since 1979. The treatment of these children is centralized at the National Hospital in Oslo. Seventy‐four have been breastfed in combination with a phenylalanine‐free protein substitute. Dietary treatment was commenced in hospital between 5 and 33 d of age (mean 14 d). Normalization of serum phenylalanine (below 400 μmol/l) took between 1 and 35 d (mean 8 d). The period of breastfeeding lasted from 1 to 16 mo (mean 7 mo). Growth (weight, length and head circumference) fell within the normal range for age on the Norwegian growth chart.