Monitoring of biochemical status in children with Duarte galactosemia: Utility of galactose, galactitol, galactonate, and galactose 1-phosphate

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1177-1182

  Ficicioglu, Can ^a   Hussa, Christie ^a   Gallagher, Paul R ^b   Thomas, Nina ^b   Yager, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GALACTITOL; GALACTONIC ACID; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; DUARTE GALACTOSEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE; GALACTOSEMIA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE LEVEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GALACTITOL; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSEMIAS; GALACTOSEPHOSPHATES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SUGAR ACIDS;

EID: 77954359778     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.144097     Document Type: Article

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