Followup of two groups of children with phenylketonuria who had been treated with low phenylalanine diets revealed no significant deterioration in their intellectual ability after the diets were stopped. Visual-perceptual problems were dis covered which may have interfered with school performance; this suggests a need for followup through the school years.
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