Short-term exogenous galactose supplementation does not influence rate of appearance of galactose in patients with classical galactosemia

No significant differences between GAR before and during additional galactose infusion were found in patients and in control subjects. GAR1 was significantly higher in patients than in control subjects. We conclude that the rate of appearance of galactose is not influenced by exogenous galactose, at least under short-term conditions, in patients with classical galactosemia and in control subjects.