Patterns of academic achievement among patients treated early with phenylketonuria

This paper provides a review of recent studies investigating the academic a chievement of patients treated for phenylketonuria. These studies consisten tly indicate that these patients demonstrate mild academic difficulties, pr imarily with mathematics but with reading and spelling skills as well. In a ddition to the review of previous studies, academic achievement results are presented for a sample of 32 school-age, early-treated patients with pheny lketonuria. Conclusion Consistent with previous studies. results from the current study suggest, that patients in this sample demonstrate mild difficulties with b asic spelling and basic mathematical calculation skills.