Measurements of Uridine Diphosphate Glucose and Uridine Diphosphate Galactose--an Appraisal

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Journal Eur J Pediatr

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 1995 Jan 1

PMID 7671969

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Authors

H N Kirkman

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Abstract

The recent disproof of a major deficiency of uridine diphosphate galactose in galactosemia should not lead investigators to assume either that enzymatic methods are unreliable for uridine sugar assays or that a defect in galactosylation in galactosemia has been excluded.

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