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Galactokinase activity in patients with idiopathic presenile and senile cataract
F Simonelli1, A Giovane, S Frunzio
1Pediatric Ophthalmology, Department, First School of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy.
Metabolic, Pediatric, and Systemic Ophthalmology (New York, N.Y. : 1985)
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The activity of galactokinase in red blood cells of 30 patients affected by idiophatic presenile and senile cataract, and of 20 age-matched controls with perfectly transparent lenses, was investigated. The results obtained show a partial deficiency of the galactokinase activity in the patients affected by presenile idiopathic cataract. There is, moreover, a significant relationship between the cortical form of cataract and enzymatic reduction.