title: Two cases of hereditary fructose intolerance.
abstract: Hereditary fructose intolerance is a rare cause of hepatic cirrhosis in the young. The disorder has a reported frequency of 1 in 20000 live births and no case has been reported from India so far. We report two cases of hereditary fructose intolerance, both with bilateral cataracts and one with cirrhosis of the liver.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Center for Basic Sciences, Bejai, 575004 Mangalore.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ananth
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Praveenkumar
authors.forename: K Aravind
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.lastname: Vasanthi
authors.forename: Srinivas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kakkilaya
keywords: Cataract; Cirrhosis; Hereditary fructose intolerance