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Preferred term

Galactose  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • D Galactose
  • D-Galactose
  • Galactopyranose
  • Galactopyranoside

Note

  • /blood: consider also GALACTOSEMIAS

Scope note

  • An aldohexose that occurs naturally in the D-form in lactose, cerebrosides, gangliosides, and mucoproteins. Deficiency of galactosyl-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALACTOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYL-TRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE) causes an error in galactose metabolism called GALACTOSEMIA, resulting in elevations of galactose in the blood.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005690

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