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Erythrocyte Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyltransferase and Galactokinase Levels in Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

P. Cholnoky*
Affiliation:
County Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, Szombathely, Hungary
F.C. Sitzmann
Affiliation:
Children's Department of the Medical School of the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, GFR
I. Teubl
Affiliation:
Department of Blood Transfusion and Blood Serology of the Surgical Clinic, Graz, Austria
H. Kaloud
Affiliation:
Children's Department of the University of Graz, Austria
*
Pf. 143, 9701 Szombathely, Hungary

Abstract

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The levels of the two enzymes, GAL-1-PUT and GAL-KIN, have been examined in a sample of 35 MZ and 45 DZ twin pairs of both sexes. The activities of these enzymes do not appear to be influenced by sex. The role of genetic factors appears to be rather limited in the case of GAL-1-PUT, but much higher in the case of GAL-KIN.

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Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1975

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