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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
The present decade marks the end of a unique generation--when the public benefited from the prevention of mental retardation phenylketonuria (PKU) without having to deal fully with the problems which can be anticipated from the reproduction of successfully treated, phenylketonuric individuals. The dysgenic effect (increase in prevalence of the PKU gene) from this reproduction will have negligible influence on the frequency of mental retardation from PKU over the next few centuries. In contrast, a dysgenic effect from maternal PKU will cause a rebound in frequency of mental retardation within this decade. Failure of the PKU programs as a result of maternal PKU, could affect the public attitude toward programs for the study and prevention of mental retardation and genetic diseases. Minimizing and explaining the rebound in frequency of mental retardation will be a difficult but necessary task for workers in the field of mental retardation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0270-3092
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
319-28
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Child, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Heterozygote Detection, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Intellectual Disability, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Mass Screening, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Maternal-Fetal Exchange, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Phenylalanine, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Phenylketonurias, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Pregnancy Complications, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Prenatal Care, pubmed-meshheading:7149708-Prognosis
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Projections of a rebound in frequency of mental retardation from phenylketonuria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.