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Assessment of ataxia phenotype in a new mouse model of galactose-1 phosphate uridylyltransferase (GALT) deficiency.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 2017
Chen Wyman, Caston Rose, Balakrishnan Bijina, Siddiqi Anwer, Parmar Kamalpreet, Tang Manshu, Feng Merry, Lai Kent
Abstract excerpt
Despite adequate dietary management, patients with classic galactosemia continue to have increased risks of cognitive deficits, speech dyspraxia, primary ovarian insufficiency, and abnormal motor development. A recent evaluation of a new galactose-1 phosphate uridylyltransferase (GALT)-deficient mouse model revealed reduced fertility and growth restriction. These phenotypes resemble those seen in human patients....
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