Special low protein foods for phenylketonuria: availability in Europe and an examination of their nutritional profile

Pena, Maria; Almeida, Manuela; van Dam, Esther; Ahring, Kirsten; Belanger-Quintana, Amaya; Dokoupil, Katharina; GÖKMEN ÖZEL, HÜLYA; Lammardo, Anna; MacDonald, Anita; Robert, Martine; Rocha, Julio

doi:10.1186/s13023-015-0378-7

Special low protein foods for phenylketonuria: availability in Europe and an examination of their nutritional profile

Pena M. J., Almeida M. F., van Dam E., Ahring K., Belanger-Quintana A., Dokoupil K., ...Daha Fazla

ORPHANET JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES, cilt.10, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 10
Basım Tarihi: 2015
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/s13023-015-0378-7
Dergi Adı: ORPHANET JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Special low protein foods (SLPF) are essential in the nutritional management of patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). The study objectives were to: 1) identify the number of SLPF available for use in eight European countries and Turkey and 2) analyse the nutritional composition of SLPF available in one of these countries.