title: Galactose tolerance in patients with atopic cataracts.
abstract: Galactosaemia has been suggested as a contributory factor in the pathogenesis of some presenile and senile cataracts. To assess whether galactosaemia plays any part in the development of atopic cataracts a galactose tolerance test was carried out in eight atopic dermatitis patients whose cataracts had appeared between the ages of 12 and 39 years. In seven patients a normal result was obtained and in one the result was just above normal. Impaired galactose tolerance appears to have no role in the pathogenesis of atopic cataract.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D004485:Eczema / Q000150:complications; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism; D005693:Galactosemias / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005690:Galactose