Maternal PKU: Pharmaceutical and other advancements | Webinar Recording

Tuesday 6th December 2022

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DESCRIPTION

Two Metabolic Nutritionists discuss the impact that pharmaceutical interventions are having on MPKU management, with an update on sapropterin usage in MPKU and a review of the first case studies on pegvaliase usage during pregnancy. 

Learning Objectives

  • To understand how new therapies (e.g. protein substitutes/medical foods, sapropterin, pegvaliase) have impacted management of PKU in pregnancy (MPKU) and lactation.
  • To be able to describe how the use of pegvaliase may be initiated and managed in MPKU from presented case studies.

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