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==== Symptoms ==== | ==== Symptoms ==== | ||
[[Image:PKU diet.jpg|thumb|300 px|right|PKU diet]] | [[Image:PKU diet.jpg|thumb|300 px|right|PKU diet]] | ||
Phenylalanine plays a variety of roles in the body among which is the production of melanin, the pigment responsible for hair | Phenylalanine plays a variety of roles in the body among which is the production of melanin, the pigment responsible for hair and skin color. Infants with an overabundance of this residue may therefore have a lighter skin, hair and eye color than those who do not. <ref> A.D.A.M Medical Encyclopedia, Phenylketonuria. [http://http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002150/]</ref> | ||
Other symptoms may include: | Other symptoms may include: | ||
