Delay of liver maturation as a cause of transient neonatal galactosemia

Pediatrics International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-63

  Ono, Hiroaki ^a   Mawatari, Hideo ^a   Mizoguchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Eguchi, Takaatsu ^a   Sakura, Nobuo ^a   Hamakawa, Mochiyuki ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima City Medical Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

fetoprotein; Mass screening; Transient galactosemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALACTOSEMIA; HALF LIFE TIME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATURATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSEMIAS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 0034048357     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2000.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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