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Breastfeeding in phenylketonuria.
[classical phenylketonuria]
Eighty
-
three
infants
with
classical
phenylketonuria
have
been
born
in
Norway
since
1979
.
The
treatment
of
these
children
is
centralized
at
the
National
Hospital
in
Oslo
.
Seventy
-
four
have
been
breastfed
in
combination
with
a
phenylalanine-free
protein
substitute
.
Dietary
treatment
was
commenced
in
hospital
between
5
and
33
d
of
age
(
mean
14
d
)
.
Normalization
of
serum
phenylalanine
(
below
400
pmol
/
l
)
took
between
1
and
35
d
(
mean
8
d
)
.
The
period
of
breastfeeding
lasted
from
1
to
16
mo
(
mean
7
mo
)
.
Growth
(
weight
,
length
and
head
circumference
)
fell
within
the
normal
range
for
age
on
the
Norwegian
growth
chart
.