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Original Article
Galactosemia Detected by Neonatal Screening Test
Il Sung Park, Hye Jung Cho, Dong Hwan Lee, Jung Hwan Song
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2003;46(5):440-446.   Published online May 15, 2003
Purpose : The genetic disturbance of galactosemia is expressed as a cellular deficiency of either galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase(GALT) or galactokinase(GALK) or UDP galactose 4-epimerase(GALE). To find-out the pattern of galactosemia in Korea, we retrospectively analyzed cases of galactosemia detected by neonatal screening program. Methods : We analyzed medical records of patients who visited Soonchunhyang University Hospital at age of 1...