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Galactosaemia

Background

Babies with galactosaemia usually present in the first days and weeks of life with feeding difficulties, vomiting, jaundice, failure to thrive, liver and kidney disease due to their inability to convert galactose, a sugar present in milk, into glucose, the sugar used by the body.

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Medical text written October 2002 by Professor J Leonard. Psychological and behavioural characteristics written by Dr Orlee Udwin, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, London, UK. Last updated April 2008 by Professor J Leonard, Professor of Paediatric Metabolic Disease, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.

 

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