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Basma Adel Ibrahim¹, Wasnaa Hadi Abdullah¹, Nabeeha Najatee Akram¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq.

Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics

|August 20, 2025

Resumen

Los niños con fenilcetonuria (PKU) en una dieta bien controlada muestran un mejor crecimiento. Un buen manejo dietético es clave para un mejor desarrollo físico en pacientes con PKU.

Área de la Ciencia:

La bioquímica
Pediatría
La genética

Sus antecedentes:

La fenilcetonuria (PKU) es un trastorno genético raro que requiere tratamiento dietético de por vida.
El diagnóstico precoz a través del cribado de recién nacidos es crucial para una intervención oportuna.
La restricción de la fenilalanina en la dieta es la piedra angular del tratamiento de la PKU para prevenir el daño neurológico.

Objetivo del estudio:

Evaluar los parámetros de crecimiento de los niños diagnosticados con fenilcetonuria.
Evaluar el impacto de la adherencia a una dieta restringida en fenilalanina en el desarrollo físico.
Comparar los resultados de crecimiento entre los grupos de PKU bien controlados y mal controlados.

Principales métodos:

Se estudió una cohorte de 39 niños con PKU diagnosticados a través de exámenes de detección en recién nacidos.
Los datos recogidos incluyeron los niveles de fenilalanina, el cumplimiento de la dieta y las mediciones antropométricas durante 3 años.
Los niños se clasificaron en grupos bien controlados (fenilalanina < 360 μmol/ l) y mal controlados (fenilalanina > 600 μmol/ l).

Principales resultados:

El grupo bien controlado de PKU demostró puntuaciones Z de altura y peso significativamente más altas a partir de los 3 meses en comparación con el grupo mal controlado.
Mientras que las puntuaciones Z iniciales de altura fueron más altas al nacer en el grupo mal controlado, el grupo bien controlado mostró un mejor crecimiento sostenido.
Ambos grupos mantuvieron las puntuaciones Z de altura y peso dentro del rango normal a los 36 meses de edad.

Conclusiones:

Un buen control de la dieta en niños con fenilcetonuria conduce a una mejora de los parámetros de crecimiento.
A pesar de las diferencias, tanto los grupos bien controlados como los mal controlados mostraron un desarrollo físico adecuado en general.
La adherencia a una dieta restringida en fenilalanina es vital para optimizar el desarrollo físico en pacientes con PKU.

Palabras clave:

Niño La dieta El crecimiento Fenilalanina y sus derivados En el caso de la fenilcetonuria:

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