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Bernana

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If a pregnant woman has phenylketonuria:
 
  a. the mother must follow a strict diet to safeguard her own brain, but the fetus will be unaffected.
  b. the mother must follow a strict diet for the brain development of herself and for the fetus.
  c. the mother must follow a strict diet for the fetus to be unaffected, but eating phenylalanine will not likely affect her.
  d. the pregnancy will not come to term.

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_______________ results from a missing enzyme that results in certain waste products not being destroyed by lysosomes. As a result, lysosomes get larger, eventually causing the brain to swell.
 
  a. Pyridoxine dependency
  b. Galactosemia
  c. Phenylketonuria
  d. Tay-Sachs disease


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HandsomeMarc

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
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