International clinical guideline for the management of classical galactosemia: diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up

L Welling, LE Bernstein, GT Berry, AB Burlina… - Journal of inherited …, 2017 - Springer
Classical galactosemia (CG) is an inborn error of galactose metabolism. Evidence-based
guidelines for the treatment and follow-up of CG are currently lacking, and treatment and …

Classical galactosaemia revisited

AM Bosch - Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease: Official …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Classical galactosaemia (McKusick 230400) is an: autosomal recessive disorder of
galactose metabolism, caused by a deficiency of the enzyme galactose‐1‐phosphate …

Hereditary galactosemia

D Demirbas, AI Coelho, ME Rubio-Gozalbo, GT Berry - Metabolism, 2018 - Elsevier
Hereditary galactosemia is an inborn error of carbohydrate metabolism. Galactose is
metabolized by Leloir pathway enzymes; galactokinase (GALK), galactose-1-phosphate …

Sweet and sour: an update on classic galactosemia

AI Coelho, ME Rubio-Gozalbo, JB Vicente… - Journal of inherited …, 2017 - Springer
Classic galactosemia is a rare inherited disorder of galactose metabolism caused by
deficient activity of galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (GALT), the second enzyme of …

The adult galactosemic phenotype

SE Waisbren, NL Potter, CM Gordon… - Journal of Inherited …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Classic galactosemia is an autosomal recessive disorder due to galactose‐1‐
phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) deficiency. Newborn screening and early treatment do …

Comprehensive cost-utility analysis of newborn screening strategies

AE Carroll, SM Downs - Pediatrics, 2006 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND. Inborn errors of metabolism are a significant cause of morbidity and death
among children. Inconsistencies in how individual states arrive at screening strategies …

Classical Galactosaemia in Ireland: incidence, complications and outcomes of treatment

KP Coss, PP Doran, C Owoeye… - Journal of Inherited …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Newborn screening for the inborn error of metabolism, classical galactosaemia prevents life‐
threatening complications in the neonatal period. It does not however influence the …

Disorders of galactose metabolism

GT Berry - Rosenberg's molecular and genetic basis of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A deficiency of each of the three enzymes important in galactose metabolism, galactose-1-
phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT), galactokinase (GALK) and UDP-galactose 4 …

Outcomes of siblings with classical galactosemia

J Hughes, S Ryan, D Lambert, O Geoghegan… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To determine the long-term outcome of dietary intervention in siblings from 14
Irish families with classical galactosemia (McKusick 230400), an autosomal recessive …

An updated review of the long-term neurological effects of galactosemia

KR Ridel, ND Leslie, DL Gilbert - Pediatric neurology, 2005 - Elsevier
Classical galactosemia is an autosomal recessive condition in which there is near total
absence of the activity of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase. Patients with this …