A PROCEDURE FOR DETECTING CARRIERS OF GALACTOSEMIA

Abstract
Existing procedures have been modified to determine galactose- 1-phosphate uridyl transferase quantitatively in human erythrocytes. The method has been applied to galactosemics, their families, and appropriate normal individuals. Results for 3 typical families are reported. As parents have a transferase level which is intermediate between the normal and the galactosemic, carriers of this genetic disorder may be detected by determination of transferase in the red cells.