13C]-galactose breath test in a patient with galactokinase deficiency and spastic diparesis

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Galactokinase deficiency is an inborn error of carbohydrate metabolism due to a block in the formation of galactose-1-phosphate from galactose. Although the association of galactokinase deficiency with formation of cataracts is well established, the extent of the clinical phenotype is still under investigation. We describe a 6-year-old female who was diagnosed with galactokinase deficiency due to cataract formation when she was 10 months of age and initially started on galactose-restricted diet at that time for 5 months. She developed gait abnormality at 4 years of age. Breath tests via measurement of 13C isotope in exhaled carbon dioxide following 13C-labeled galactose administration at carbon-1 and carbon-2 positions revealed oxidation rates within the normal range. The results in this patient strikingly contrast with the results of another patient with GALK1 deficiency that underwent breath testing with [1-14C]-galactose and [2-14C]-galactose. Extension of in vivo breath tests to other galactokinase patients is needed to better understand the pathophysiology of this disease.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

JIMD reports - 59(2021), 1 vom: 11. Mai, Seite 104-109

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ficicioglu, Can [VerfasserIn]
Demirbas, Didem [VerfasserIn]
Derks, Britt [VerfasserIn]
Pai, G Shashidhar [VerfasserIn]
Timson, David J [VerfasserIn]
Rubio-Gozalbo, Maria Estela [VerfasserIn]
Berry, Gerard T [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

GALK1 deficiency
Galactosemia
In vivo galactose oxidation
Journal Article
Stable‐isotope labeled galactose

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Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmd2.12205

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NLM325285527