[Activity of enzymes of galactose metabolism in so-called congenital cataract (author's transl)].

Abstract

Activity of galactokinase (69 subjects) and galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (92 subjects) were measured in haemolysed blood from children (predominantly of school age) with congenital cataract. chi2 tests, gene-frequency determination and metabolic-kinetic studies indicated that the changes in the lens in congenital cataract are partly due to a manifest or latent disorder of galactose metabolism, in particular a glactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase defect.