Basic Summary for Phenylketonuria

Main name of condition: Phenylketonuria
Other names or spellings: PKU

What is Phenylketonuria?
  Brief description of Phenylketonuria: Rare genetic disease
  Parent types of Phenylketonuria: Genetic Disease
  Types of Phenylketonuria: Maternal phenylketonuria

How many people get Phenylketonuria?
Incidence (annual) of Phenylketonuria: 1 of every 10,000 infants in the United States (NIDCD)
Incidence Rate of Phenylketonuria: approx 1 in 10,000 or 0.01% or 27,200 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Phenylketonuria?
Complications of Phenylketonuria: see complications of Phenylketonuria

What causes Phenylketonuria?
Class of Condition for Phenylketonuria: genetic

What are the symptoms of Phenylketonuria?
Symptoms of Phenylketonuria: see symptoms of Phenylketonuria

Can anyone else get Phenylketonuria?
Contagion of genetic conditions: generally not; see details in contagion of genetic diseases.
Inheritance of genetic conditions: see details in inheritance of genetic diseases.

How is it treated?
Treatments for Phenylketonuria: see treatments for Phenylketonuria
Last revision: June 10, 2003

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