Quantitative assessment of whole body galactose metabolism in galactosemic patients

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 13, 1997, Pages

  Berry, G T ^a   Nissim, I ^a   Gibson, J B ^a   Mazur, A T ^a   Lin, Z ^a   Elsas, L J ^a   Singh, R H ^a   Klein, P D ^a   Segal, S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breath test; Endogenous galactose synthesis; Galactosemia; GALT genotype; 13C galactose (stable isotope)

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444507477     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00014271     Document Type: Article

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