Why do children with PKU become mentally retarded?
A) Unmetabolized amino acids accumulate and affect the brain.
B) Essential axons lack myelin sheaths.
C) Dendrites and synapses fail to form in associative areas of the cortex.
D) Their immune systems do not fight off brain infections.
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