Barcelona, Spain
January 16 - January 17, 2009
The aim of the Symposium is to create an interdisciplinary forum for discussing present and future developments in the field of phenylketonuria (PKU). PKU was formerly one of the most frequent definable causes of mental retardation. Thanks to newborn screening and early dietary therapy, mental retardation is now rarely seen in PKU. As a consequence of this remarkable and dramatic development, PKU has become the flagship for treatable genetic disease. Despite this wonderful advance, however, there remains a number of very troubling problems in long term outcome. Included among these is disagreement on how long the diet should be continued. Thus, new approaches such as enzyme replacement therapy, gene therapy, large neutral amino acids (LNAA), and tetrahydrobiopterin are of interest.
This Symposium is the first in the series of CME events and is organized by the European PKU Group (EPG). Discussed will be past, present and future efforts on PKU treatment and four workshops will be included. The end results of these synergistic and open communications will benefit the patients and their families.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After participating in this symposium, the participants will have an updated knowledge on:
- Treatment with large neutral amino acids
- Treatment with tetrahydrobiopterin
- Enzyme replacement and gene therapy
- Compliance with the management of PKU
- Nutritional care of PKU
- Maternal PKU
- Follow-up and outcome of PKU
TARGET AUDIENCE
Clinicians (pediatric and adult metabolic specialists), dietitians, clinical biochemists, experts in genetics, basic scientists, people within the area of public health.
Serono Symposia International Foundation (www.seronosymposia.org) will submit this program “1st European Phenylketonuria Group (EPG) Symposium - Advances and Challenges in PKU” (16-17 January 2009 - Barcelona, Spain) for accreditation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), by the Royal College of Physicians, UK, and by the Italian Ministry of Health.
