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AMINO ACID EXCRETION IN INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD: A SURVEY OF 200,000 INFANTS
Author(s) -
Turner Brian,
Brown D. A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb106496.x
Subject(s) - urine , excretion , amino acid metabolism , pediatrics , medicine , amino acid , physiology , chemistry , metabolism , biochemistry
One‐dimensional amino acid chromatography of urine samples from 200,000 infants usually aged between six and 12 weeks has been performed. The findings are presented and the value of the test as a screening one for phenylketonuria and other inborn errors of metabolism is discussed.