Deficits of facial emotion recognition and visual information processing in adult patients with classical galactosemia

Deficits of facial emotion recognition and visual information processing in adult patients with classical galactosemia

Abstract Background Classical galactosemia (CG) is due to a severe deficiency of the galactose-1-phosphate uridyl-transferase (GALT), the main enzyme of galactose metabolism. Even early introduction of galactose-restricted diet fails to prevent long-term complications, including cognitive impairment...

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Main Authors: Mirjam Korner, Sonja Kälin, Antoinette Zweifel-Zehnder, Niklaus Fankhauser, Jean-Marc Nuoffer, Matthias Gautschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Subjects:
Classical galactosemia
CANTAB
Facial emotion recognition
Visual information processing
Neuropsychology
Executive function
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-019-0999-3

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