This review will focus on galatactosemia caused by deficient enzyme activity. Galactosemia results from the deficiency of one of three different enzymes, each with a distinct phenotype.
Similar to classic galactosemia with additional findings of hypotonia, developmental delay and neural deafness. Prenatal diagnosis can be made with a GALT assay in fibroblasts cultured from amniotic fluid or a chorionic villus biopsy and may be undertaken if high index of suspicion or positive family history is present. Mutation analysis is usually not useful for prognosis or therapy because the phenotype does not necessarily correlate with genotype.
Additionally, because of the high number of identified mutations, negative results of genetic panels do not exclude the possibility of disease. There are numerous variants where GALT activity is impaired, but not absent, resulting in mild or absent symptoms such as the Duarte variant. Without the GALT enzyme, the infant is unable to metabolize galactosephosphate, and the resulting accumulation leads to injury in the kidney, liver, and brain.
The injury can begin prenatally in the affected fetus via transplacental delivery of galactose or by endogenous production of galactose in the fetus. Physical Exam: hepatomegaly , hypotonia , edema, ascites, full fontanelle, encephalopathy , and excessive bruising or bleeding.
Most states include galactosemia in their newborn screen. However, many babies who test positive on the newborn screen do not have classical galactosemia, so it is important to consider the secondary causes of hypergalactosemia.
An infant with a positive newborn screen should be changed immediately to a soy-based infant formula and evaluated for signs of sepsis and hepatic failure.
The screen should also be repeated. If the second screen is positive, the gold standard for diagnosis is a quantitative assay of erythrocyte GALT which measures the level of enzyme activity. An infant diagnosed with galactosemia will simply be changed to a formula that does not contain galactose. With care and continuing medical advances, most children with galactosemia can now live normal lives.
The gene defect for Galactosemia is a recessive genetic trait. This faulty gene only emerges when two carriers have children together and pass it to their offspring. There are many different types of liver disease. But no matter what type you have, the damage to your liver is likely to progress in a similar way. Whether your liver is infected with a virus, injured by chemicals, or under attack from your own immune system, the basic danger is the same — that your liver will become so damaged that it can no longer work to keep you alive.
Cirrhosis, liver cancer, and liver failure are serious conditions that can threaten your life. Once you have reached these stages of liver disease, your treatment options may be very limited. If you are treated successfully at these stages, your liver may have a chance to heal itself and recover.
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Clin Sci Lond ; 17 3 : — CAS Google Scholar. Download references. You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar. Correspondence to H C Woo. Reprints and Permissions. Woo, H. Early and severe indirect hyperbilirubinemia as a manifestation of galactosemia. J Perinatol 30, — Download citation. Received : 11 February Revised : 13 July Accepted : 13 August Published : 30 March Issue Date : April Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:.
Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative. Pediatric Research Advanced search. Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature. Download PDF. Subjects Biological therapy Metabolic disorders Paediatrics Signs and symptoms. Abstract Classic galactosemia results from mutations in the galactosephosphate uridyl transferase gene and causes infants to present with jaundice after initiation of lactose containing formulas.
Introduction Jaundice is a frequent problem encountered in the first few days after birth in both late preterm and term infants. Case Here, we report a case of a male child born at 39 weeks to an year-old gravida 6 now para 1 mother at a Level 1 facility. Figure 1.
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