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Functional characterization of the K257R and G319E-hGALE alleles found in patients with ostensibly peripheral epimerase deficiency galactosemia.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jan 2005
Wasilenko Jamie, Lucas Mary E, Thoden James B, Holden Hazel M, Fridovich-Keil Judith L
Abstract excerpt
Epimerase deficiency galactosemia is an autosomal recessive condition resulting from the impairment of UDP-galactose 4'-epimerase (hGALE). Although a small number of clinically severe patients have been reported who exhibit "generalized" GALE deficiency, the vast majority exhibit an apparently benign "peripheral" form of the disorder in which enzyme impairment is restricted to the circulating red and white blood...
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