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SUMMARY:Update on Galactosemia: A "Familiar" Disease with Perpetual Enigmas
DESCRIPTION:
 Pediatric Grand Rounds presented by:  Robert Conway, 
 MD, Asst. Professor & Director, Biochemical 
 Genetics Clinical Program, Pediatrics & 
 Human Medicine, Michigan State University.  
 Objectives:  review the basic biochemistry and 
 genetics of galactosemia; understand the clinical 
 presentation of the disorder and how to 
 make the diagnosis; learn how newborn screening 
 assists in the diagnosis and alters the 
 natural history of the disease; know the late-onset 
 complications of the disorder and their 
 consequences in the treated patient; and discuss 
 the current theories about the pathology 
 of the disorder and why current available treatment 
 is sub-optimal.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Betty Elliott\n
 Contact phone: 517 355-4715\n
 Contact email: betty.elliott@ht.msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Sparrow Hospital Auditorium
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