METHOD FOR IMPROVING RECOGNITION AND/OR WORKING MEMORY IN HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA AND PHENYLKETONURIA PATIENTS

The invention pertains to the use of a composition in the manufacture of a product or method for therapeutically improving, promoting, restoring or maintaining recognition and/or working memory in a subject suffering from PKU and/or in a subject suffering from or at increased risk of impaired recogn...

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Hauptverfasser: COUNOTTE, Danielle Stefanie, DE WILDE, Mattheus Cornelis
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The invention pertains to the use of a composition in the manufacture of a product or method for therapeutically improving, promoting, restoring or maintaining recognition and/or working memory in a subject suffering from PKU and/or in a subject suffering from or at increased risk of impaired recognition and/or working memory associated with PKU, said composition comprising therapeutic amounts of: (i) at least one ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) selected from the group consisting of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA); (ii) choline, a choline salt and/or choline ester; and (iii) at least one B vitamin selected from the group consisting of vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and vitamin B9, including functional equivalents thereof, preferably vitamin B6 and/or vitamin B12, and functional equivalents thereof. The invention also pertains to a composition for use in such use or method.