fenilketonurija

fenilketonurija, PKU

a genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency [genetska motnja presnove, pri kateri primanjkuje encima potrebnega za pretvorbo fenilalanina v tirozin, kar povzroči kopičenje fenilalanina v telesnih tekočinah in s tem različne stopnje duševne zaostalosti]



Vir: Open Slovene WordNet 1.0 - Institut Jožef Stefan

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