Why Do Children with PKU Develop Intellectual Disabilities

question 13

Multiple Choice

 Why do children with PKU develop intellectual disabilities?

• A) Unmetabolized amino acids accumulate and affect the brain.
• B) Essential axons lack myelin sheaths.
• C) Dendrites and synapses fail to form in associative areas of the cortex.
• D) Their immune systems do not fight off brain infections.

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