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Clinical Treatment Summary. The UW's form for summarizing an individual's clinical treatment history is also available as a Word document.

University of Washington Adult PKU Program Contract

 

Resources

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Adolescent Autonomy Checklists. Available on the Adolescent Health Transition Project website, these checklists assess skills at home, health care skills, community skills, leisure time skills, and skills for the future. The website has other transition resources as well.

Adolescent Transition Curriculum. The University of Washington PKU Clinic has developed a curriculum to help adolescents prepare to independently manage their PKU.

Adult Metabolic Transition Project. A website to assist young adults and their families in the transition from pediatric to adult health care. Resources for individuals with PKU are included.

Making the Change: from High Phe to Low Phe. Fink KJ, Trahms CM. University of Washington PKU Clinic, 1993.
A booklet that describes how to change recipes to fit into a low-phe food pattern.

Trahms, C.M. Treating PKU in Adulthood. National PKU News 1997; 8:4-5.

The Essentials of PKU: Information for Young Adults with PKU and Their Significant Others
Answers to common questions about PKU (e.g., What is PKU?, What is the Diet?, How is it monitored?, etc.).

 

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