Definition: A condition occurring in untreated or partially treated females with PHENYLKETONURIA when they become pregnant. This may result in damages to the FETUS, including MICROCEPHALY; MENTAL RETARDATION; congenital heart disease; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; and CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES. (From Am J Med Genet 1997 Mar 3;69(1):89-95)
check the tags PREGNANCY & FEMALE; consider also PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE /defic; DF: PKU MATERNAL
See AlsoPhenylalanine Hydroxylase
Other names Pregnancy in Phenylketonuria; Maternal Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency Dise; in Phenylketonurias, Pregnancy; in Phenylketonuria, Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Phenylketonurias; Phenylketonurias, Pregnancy in; Phenylketonuria, Pregnancy in; Phenylalanine-Hydroxylase Deficiency Disease, Mate; PKU, Maternal; Maternal Phenylketonuria
