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Neuropediatrics 1974; 5(2): 146-156
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1091697
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© 1974 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Psychological Evaluation of Treatment in Phenylketonuria: Intellectual, Motor and Social Development

Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
  • Psychosomatic Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Hamburg. Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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1974

1974

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18 November 2008 (online)

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Abstract

Fortyfive phenylketonuric children with a phenylalanine-restricted diet were tested twice during an interval of 10—12 months. Psychological tests were the Columbia Mental Maturity Scale, Lincoln Oseretzky Scale, Vineland Social Maturity Scale and the Denver Developmental Screening Test. Statistical analysis showed psychological data to be a function of treatment, age at onset of treatment and quality of dietary control.

Zusammenfassung

45 Kinder mit diätetisch behandelter Phenylketonurie wurden während eines Intervalls von 10 bis 12 Monaten zweima1 psychologisch untersucht. Die psychologischen Tests waren die Columbia Mental Maturity Scale, die Lincoln Oseretzky Scale, die Vineland Social Maturity Scale und der Denver Developmental Screening Test. Die statistische Analyse ergab, daß die psychologischen Daten von Behandlung, Alter bei Beginn der Behandlung und Güte der diätetischen Kontrolle abhängen.

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Phenylketonuria - Development - Dietary treatment of phenylketonuria

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