Mutations in galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase gene in patients with idiopathic presenile cataract

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 699-704

  Karas, N ^a   Gobec, L ^a   Pfeifer, V ^b   Mlinar, B ^a   Battelino, T ^c   Lukac Bajalo, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b University Hospital   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GALACTITOL; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ERYTHROCYTE; GALACTOSEMIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SLOVENIA;

ADULT; ALLELES; CATARACT; DNA; FEMALE; GALACTITOL; GALACTOSEMIAS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTP-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0347519164     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOLI.0000005660.88944.2f     Document Type: Article

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