Short-term exogenous galactose supplementation does not influence rate of appearance of galactose in patients with classical galactosemia.
Huidekoper HH, Bosch AM, van der Crabben SN, Sauerwein HP, Ackermans MT, Wijburg FA
Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2005 Mar
Abstract
Recently, evidence has been presented that adult patients with classical galactosemia have higher than expected galactose tolerance. This may be caused by a decrease of endogenous galactose production with ageing. Alternatively, suppression of endogenous galactose production by exogenous galactose might be implicated. The aim of this study was to determine if the rate of appearance of galactose is suppressed by exogenous galactose.