Article
Presence of a deletion in the 5′ upstream region of the GALT gene in Duarte (D2) alleles
1 Jul 1999
Abstract excerpt
Editor—Galactosaemia is an autosomal recessively inherited metabolic disorder caused by a defect in the galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) enzyme. Absence or severe reduction of GALT activity results in classical galactosaemia (G/G) while an approximately half reduction of enzyme activity leads to the Duarte variant of galactosaemia (D/D). Mutation Q188R was found to be the most common molecular...
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