Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2009
A 1,5-year-old child presents with both mental and physical lag, decolorizing of skin and hair, decrease in catecholamine concentration in blood. When a few drops of 5% solution of trichloroacetic iron had been added to the child's urine it turned olive green. Such alteration are typical for the following pathology of the amino acid metabolism:
Answer options
- Xanthinuria
- Phenylketonuria
- Tyrosinosis
- Alkaptonuria
- Albinism
Correct answer
Phenylketonuria
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