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100 Galactose Tolerance Tests on Children with Unimpaired Livers.(Normal Values for Children Down to the Age of Two.)
Author(s) -
SELMAR E.
Publication year - 1945
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1945.tb03681.x
Subject(s) - medicine , galactose , galactosemia , urine , physiology , pediatrics , biochemistry , biology
SUMMARY A survey of the literature on galactose tolerance tests on children is followed by a report on the writer's 100 galactose tolerance tests using 78 children with unimpaired livers, ranging in age from 2 to 14. Given a quantity of 1 gramme galactose per kilo body weight 95 per cent of children with unimpaired livers proved to eliminate a maximum of 4 per cent of the galactose administered. If the stated dosage is used, it is sufficient to examine the urine from the first 3 hours. The subject should be fasting before and during the test.