__________is a disorder caused by the deficiency of one of the enzymes needed to convert the essential amino acid phenylalanine to the normally nonessential amino acid tyrosine; as a result, tyrosine cannot be made and becomes conditionally essential
A) Kwashiorkor
B) Edema
C) Tyrosinemia
D) Phenylketonuria
D
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