Galactosemia differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dayana Davidis, M.D. [2]

Overview

Galactosemia is a congenital in some case fatal disease with long term complications such as hepatomegaly, brain damage, retinal damage, neurological problems among others. It is sometimes confused with lactose intolerance, which is a disorder whereby the lactose intolerant individual has a hard time digesting lactose due to the lack of the enzyme lactase.