Background and aims: Hypoglycemia is a typical, potentially life-threatening symptom in classical galactosemia with blood galactose considerably elevated (up to ∼100 mg/dl). Therefore we tested ...

Galactosemia (G) is due to either partial or complete deficiency of the enzyme galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (Ts). In females with G, there is a high incidence of premature ovarian failure.

The biologic seemed to express an epitope to alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal) that IgE antibodies recognize in people with alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), reported Preethi Venkat, MD, MPH, of the ...