Drug therapy for phenylketonuria reverses heart damage
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 06:00
in Health & Medicine
A pricey drug used to treat a rare but well-known genetic disorder may hold wider promise as a treatment for millions of Americans with potentially lethal enlarged hearts, due mainly to high blood pressure, a study from Johns Hopkins shows...
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