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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

  1. Xanthinuria
  2. Phenylketonuria
  3. Tyrosinosis
  4. Alkaptonuria
  5. Albinism
Correct answer

Phenylketonuria

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