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Mutations in the galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase gene of two families with mild galactosaemia variants.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 1995
Sommer M, Gathof B S, Podskarbi T, Giugliani R, Kleinlein B, Shin Y S
Abstract excerpt
Classical galactosaemia, deficiency of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT), is characterized by acute symptoms of hepatomegaly, jaundice, sepsis, cataracts and growth retardation. Treatment with dietary galactose restriction corrects these complications immediately; however, most of th...
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