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Effect of Dietary Tryptophan Supplement on Neurotransmitter Metabolism in Phenylketonuria

  • Nielsen J
Birkhäuser Boston, (1988), 261-264
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-9821-3_32
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Abstract

Eleven young adults with treated phenylketonuria received a normal diet supplemented with the serotonin precursor tryptophan. This supplementation prevented the decrease in the cerebrospinal fluid concentration of the serotonin metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid...

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Nielsen, J. B. (1988). Effect of Dietary Tryptophan Supplement on Neurotransmitter Metabolism in Phenylketonuria. In Dietary Phenylalanine and Brain Function (pp. 261–264). Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9821-3_32

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