PD is an 11-month-old M with phenylketonuria. His mother brought him in to visit you at an outpatient nutrition center in the local pediatric hospital. LT: 28 inches WT: 8.7 kg Should PD's mom not be compliant with her diet, PD could potentially develop all of the following except:
a. mental retardation.
b. seizures.
c. tyrosine deficiency.
d. eczema.
c
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