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. 2022 Nov 1;50(11):1670-1672.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005659. Epub 2022 Oct 13.

Elevated Phenylalanine Levels-More Than a Biomarker?

Jeffrey Wang  1 , Marc D Thames
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Elevated Phenylalanine Levels-More Than a Biomarker?

Jeffrey Wang et al. Crit Care Med. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Wang received support for article research from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Thames has disclosed that he does not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1:
Directed acyclic graphs showing (Pathway A) stress hyperphenylalaninemia causally mediating the pathway between critical illness and organ dysfunction leading to mortality, or as a (Pathway B) byproduct of critical illness and not causally associated with organ dysfunction leading to mortality.
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