Erschienen in:
01.04.2010 | Letter to the Editor
Classical galactosemia in Estonia: selective neonatal screening, incidence, and genotype/phenotype data of diagnosed patients
verfasst von:
Katrin Õunap, Kairit Joost, Triinu Temberg, Külliki Krabbi, Neeme Tõnisson
Erschienen in:
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
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Ausgabe 2/2010
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Excerpt
Classical galactosemia (McKusick 230400) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease caused by deficiency of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) activity. The gene that encodes GALT is located on chromosome 9p13, and more than 230 mutations have been identified so far (Calderon et al
2007). …