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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2021

Optical Coherence Tomography to Assess Neurodegeneration in Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency.

Amelie S Lotz-Havla, Katharina Weiß, Katharina Schiergens, Stephanie Regenauer-Vandewiele, Klaus G Parhofer, Tara Christmann, Luise Böhm, Joachim Havla, Esther M Maier

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amelie S Lotz-HavlaDr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Katharina WeißDr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Katharina SchiergensDr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Stephanie Regenauer-VandewieleDr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Klaus G ParhoferMedical Department IV - Grosshadern, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Tara ChristmannInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Luise BöhmInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Joachim HavlaInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Esther M MaierDr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency, an easily feasible method to access the progression of neurodegeneration is warranted to contribute to current discussions on treatment indications and targets. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether optical coherence tomography (OCT) measures as markers of neurodegeneration differ between patients with PAH deficiency and healthy controls (HCs) according to phenotype and metabolic control. In this single-center cross-sectional study, 92 patients with different phenotypes of PAH deficiency [PAH deficiency not requiring treatment, early treated phenylketonuria (ETPKU), and late-diagnosed phenylketonuria (PKU)] compared with 76 HCs were examined using spectral-domain OCT. Indices of phenylalanine elevation and variability were correlated with OCT parameters. Late-diagnosed PKU patients showed reduced peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) thickness and combined ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) volume. Adult ETPKU patients were found to have lower GCIPL volume (

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neurodegenerationOCToptical coherence tomographyphenylalanine hydroxylase deficiencyphenylketonuriaPKUretinal neuroaxonal degeneration

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