title: Biochemical monitoring of pregnancy and breast feeding in five patients with classical galactosaemia--and review of the literature.
abstract: Pregnancy, delivery, and postpartal metabolic control was monitored biochemically in five patients (22-38 years of age) with clinically, enzymatically, and genotypically established classical galactosaemia and good dietary compliance. Three of the patients performed breast feeding of their newborns. Monitoring parameters were galactose-1-phosphate and galactitol concentrations in erythrocytes and urinary excretion of galactose, galactitol, galactonate, and lactose. During pregnancy, a small but steady increase of renal metabolite excretion rates was observed. After delivery, a moderate transient increase of metabolite concentrations with peak values within the first week post partum occurred, irrespective of breast feeding. Altogether, there was no evidence for clinically or subclinically significant changes of metabolic control during pregnancy, delivery, or lactation. In conclusion, a specific metabolic monitoring is apparently not required in pregnant galactosemic women, and breast feeding of the nongalactosemic offspring can be recommended.
authors.affiliation: German Diabetic Centre, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, UKD, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. schadewa@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schadewaldt
authors.forename: Hans-Werner
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Hammen
authors.forename: Loganathan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kamalanathan
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wendel
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: Annet M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.forename: Nele
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guion
authors.forename: Mirian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: Godfried H J
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Boers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D004376:Galactitol / Q000378:metabolism; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism; D005693:Galactosemias / Q000378:metabolism*; D005695:Galactosephosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005695:Galactosephosphates; D004376:Galactitol; C029973:galactose-1-phosphate; D005690:Galactose