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Published in final edited form as: J Inherit Metab Dis. 2012 Mar 27;35(6):1037–1049. doi: 10.1007/s10545-012-9477-y

Table 6.

Strategies for monitoring patients with classic galactosemia during Adulthood

COUNTRY (City) CLINICAL PARAMETERS TO FOLLOW
ENDOCRINE
ASSESSMENT		 CALCIUM
HOMEOSTASIS		 SOCIAL
SKILLS		 SCHOOL
PERFORMANCE		 NEUROLOGICAL
EVALUATION		 OVARIAN
FUNCTION		 BLOOD/URINE
PARAMETERS		 QUALITY
OF LIFE		 OPHTALMOLOGIC
EVALUATION
UK (Manchester) graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0139.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0140.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0141.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0142.jpg
Netherlands
(Amsterdam)		 graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0143.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0144.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0145.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0146.jpg Annual gal-1P In case of residual
cataract
Mexico
(Mexico City)		 NO INFORMATION
Croatia
(Zagreb)		 graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0147.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0148.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0149.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0150.jpg Liver function
tests		 graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0151.jpg
Italy (Padova) graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0152.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0153.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0154.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0155.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0156.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0157.jpg Gal-1P,
total galactose,
urinary amino
acids, liver test,
sialotransferrin.		 graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0158.jpg
Spain (Santiago de
Compostela)		 NO INFORMATION
Germany
(Düsseldorf)		 graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0159.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0160.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0161.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0162.jpg Gal-1P
urinary galactitol,
calcium-creatinine
ratio
South Africa
(Cape Town)		 NO INFORMATION
United States
(Cincinnati)		 graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0163.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0164.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0165.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0166.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0167.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0168.jpg
United States
(Salt Lake City)		 graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0169.jpg Gal-1P, calcium,
phosphorus,
vitamin D.
United States
(Boston)		 graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0170.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0171.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0172.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0173.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0174.jpg graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0175.jpg Annual gal-1P
galactitol, 25-OH
vitD		 graphic file with name nihms-469490-t0176.jpg
Argentina
(Buenos Aires)		 NO INFORMATION
Philippines
(Manila)		 NO INFORMATION