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mydiamond

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on: Sep 3, 2013
PKU (phenylketonuria) is a hereditary condition in which infants and young children who ingest the amino acid phenylalanine risk serious neurological damage. However, the risk of damage can be substantially reduced by the severe restriction of phenylalanine in the diet. Which of the following is the nutritional concept that forms the basis for this preventive treatment?
A) enzymatic hydrolysis
B) essential nutrients
C) symbiosis
D) dehydration synthesis
E) structural anatomy of the brain


Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Sep 4, 2013
I remember it being B

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Reply #2 on: Sep 26, 2014
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