Segal S, Blair A, Topper YJ. Oxidation of Carbon-14 Labeled Galactose by Subjects with Congenital Galactosemia.
Science 1962;
136:150-1. [PMID:
17775883 DOI:
10.1126/science.136.3511.150]
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Abstract
Galactose-1-C(14) oxidation was studied in eight individuals with congenital galactosemia. Although two of these subjects fulfilled the usual diagnostic criteria for this disorder, they oxidized the intravenously administered sugar to C(14)O(2) in a nearly normal fashion.
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